Biography of John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 1616-1695
Paternal Family Tree: Bennett
Maternal Family Tree: Frideswide Frowyk 1528
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston were married.
Before 05 Jul 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was born to John Bennet (age 53) and Dorothy Crofts (age 28). On 05 Jul 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was baptised.
On 15 Feb 1626 [his father] John Bennet (age 63) died.
On 24 Apr 1635 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 18) was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford University.
In 1636 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 19) educated at Gray's Inn.
Before 07 Apr 1648 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave (age 36) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 40) were married. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.
After 24 Aug 1658 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 42) and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 50) were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.
In 1659 [his mother] Dorothy Crofts (age 71) died.
On 23 Apr 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) was crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44), Francis Fane (age 23) and Edward Hungerford (age 28) was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Francis Godolphin (age 55) was knighted.
Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland (age 16) attended.
James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 42) was appointed Earl Marshal.
On 08 May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
On 22 Apr 1672 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 54) was created 1st Earl Arlington, 1st Viscount Thetford and 1st Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex with a similar remainder, and in default of heirs of his body, to his brother Sir John Bennet (age 55) and the heirs male of his body. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 38) by marriage Countess Arlington. See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder.
In 1674 [his son] Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville was born to John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 57) and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston.
On 24 Nov 1682 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 66) was created 1st Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston by marriage Baroness Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.
On 18 Mar 1686 [his step-son] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 37) and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married at the chapel of Littlecote House. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 78).
On 11 Feb 1695 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 78) died. He was buried at Harlington. His son [his son] Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.
[his father] John Bennet and [his mother] Dorothy Crofts were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Father: John Bennet
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crofts
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crofts
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Croftes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kitson
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
GrandFather: John Crofts 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Poley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susannah Crofts 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Tyrrell Baroness Despencer
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adrian Fortescue
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stonor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Dorothy Crofts 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Shirley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Bellingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Shirley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Mary Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Kempe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Browne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cheney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret aka Agnes Young
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Cheney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Frowyk
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frideswide Frowyk