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Encyclopedia > Earl of Tankerville

The title of Earl of Tankerville has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and, most recently, in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was the older brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618 - July 28, 1685), was an English statesman. ...


The present Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ...

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Earls of Tankerville, First Creation (1418)

  • John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1384-1421)
  • Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1419-1450)
  • Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1436-1466) (forfeit 1459)

Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Events May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis Births Antoine, Duke of Brabant (died 1415) St Frances of Rome (died 1440) Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxiana (died 1411) Deaths January 1 - King Charles II of Navarre (b. ... Events March 21 - Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. ... Events January 19 – Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. ... Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ...

Barons Ossulston (1682)

  • John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1618-1695)
  • Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston (1674-1722) (became Earl of Tankerville in 1714)

Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...

Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695)

  • Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1655-1701)

Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Events March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ...

Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)

There is currently no heir apparent of the earldom, only distant heirs presumptive: Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the year 1776. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville, PC (10 January 1810–18 December 1899) was a British peer and Conservative politician, known from 1822–1876 as Lord Ossulston. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

two nephews of the 9th earl: Adrian George Bennet (b. 1958) and his brother, Neil Robert Bennet (b. 1961)

See also

  • Earl of Arlington*

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Earl of Tankerville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (219 words)
The title of Earl of Tankerville has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and, most recently, in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston.
The present Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England.
Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston (1674-1722) (became Earl of Tankerville in 1714)
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