Peter Grey Bennet, 10th Earl of Tankerville (born 18 October 1956) is a British peer and musician. Until 1980 he was entitled to the courtesy title of Lord Ossulston.
As a member of the House of Lords from 1980 until 1999 he was not a member of a political group.[1]
Italics in entries mean the peer also holds a previously listed earldom of higher precedence
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Earl of Tankerville is a noble title drawn from Tancarville in Normandy. The title has been created three times: twice in the Peerage of England, and once in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father, John Bennett, 1st Baron Ossulston, was the elder brother of Henry Bennett, 1st Earl of Arlington. The family seat was Chillingham Castle in Northumberland.
Baron Arlington is a title in the Peerage of England which was created, on 14 March 1665, for Sir Henry Bennet, younger brother of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston. In 1672, he was made Earl of Arlington and Viscount Thetford, and was regranted the title of Baron Arlington, with a special remainder allowing it to pass to both male and female descendants, rather than only heirs male, as was customary with most peerages. Its territorial designation is the birthplace of its first holder Harlington, London, which was also known as Arlington.
Lord Sherard, Baron of Leitrim, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627. The third holder of the barony would also be named Baron Harborough (1714), Viscount Sherard (1718), and Earl of Harborough (1719), with the viscountcy ending with the death of its original holder in 1732, but the other titles persisting in the family until 1859. The Sherard barony became dormant in 1931 with the death of the last known male-line family member. Many descendants of the Sherard noble family are still living today, with the youngest being born in August of 2007.
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey and Bennet families from the 15th century until the 1980s, when it became the home of Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, who is married to a member of the original Grey family.
Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville PC, styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1866 and 1867 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1867 and 1868.
Baron Grey of Werke (or Warke), of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 11 February 1624 for Sir William Grey, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of England on 15 June 1619. The third Baron was created Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville in the Peerage of England in 1695. He left two daughters but no sons and on his death in 1701 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. The latter had previously represented Berwick in Parliament. The barony became extinct on his death in 1706.
Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, PC was an English peer and politician.
Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells and a famous patron of Surrey cricket in the 1770s. He agreed a set of cricket rules that included the first mention of the Leg before wicket rule.
John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1663 to 1679. He was created Baron Ossulston in 1682.
Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL, styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.
Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, styled Lord Ossulston between 1722 and 1753, was a British peer and politician.
Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, KT, styled Lord Ossulston between 1714 and 1722, was a British peer and politician.
Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer.
The Hon. Sir Patrick Ramsay was a British diplomat who was minister to Greece, Hungary and Denmark.
George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville, was a British peer, Royal Navy and British Army officer, cowpuncher, circus clown, and revival meeting singer.
Ossulston House is a Grade II listed building opposite Joslin's Pond in Hadley Green Road, Hadley, to the north of Chipping Barnet. It is one of what was an almost complete line of houses between Chipping Barnet and Monken Hadley along the east side of Hadley Green which were built in the 18th and 19th centuries as wealthy merchants from London populated the area.
Bennet is an English language surname and, less commonly, a given name. Alternative spellings include Bennett, Benett, Benet and Bennette.
Olivia Susan Bennet, Countess of Tankerville, formerly Lady Olivia Montagu, was the wife of Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville.
Emma Bennet or Emma, Lady Tankerville born Emma Colebrooke was a British heiress, art patron and botanist. Lady Tankerville's collection of botanical illustrations are held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Phaius tankerville was named in her honour by Sir Joseph Banks because she was the first person to make it flower successfully in England.
Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke was an English peer.
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