Biography of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville 1810-1899

On 28th July 1806 [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville [aged 30] and [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 23] were married at Devonshire House. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Antoine 8th Duke Gramont [aged 50] and [his grandmother] Aglae de Polignac "Guichette" Duchess Gramont. He the son of Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville [aged 62] and Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville [aged 54].

On 10th January 1810 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville was born to [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville [aged 33] and [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 27] at Charles Street, Berkeley Square.

On 10th December 1822 [his grandfather] Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville [aged 79] died. His son [his father] Charles [aged 46] succeeded 5th Earl Tankerville, 6th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 40] by marriage Countess Tankerville.

On 13th May 1830 [his brother-in-law] James Harris 3rd Earl Malmesbury [aged 23] and [his sister] Corisande Emma Bennet Countess Malmesbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Malmesbury. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville [aged 54] and [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 47]. He the son of James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury [aged 51] and Harriet Susan Dashwood.

In 1832 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 21] was elected MP North Northumberland.

On 29th January 1850 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 40] and Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 19] were married at Kimbolton Castle [Map]. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 50] and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester. He the son of Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville [aged 73] and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 67].

On 31st December 1850 [his son] Charles Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 40] and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 20].

On 30th March 1852 [his son] George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 42] and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 21] at Claridge's Hotel, Brook Street. He married 23rd October 1895 Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville and had issue.

On 22nd July 1852 [his brother-in-law] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 28] and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 20] were married at Hanover Lower Saxony. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 53] and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester.

On 30th May 1853 [his son] Frederick Augustus Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 43] and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 22].

In 1855 [his daughter] Corisande Olivia Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 44] and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 24].

On 18th August 1855 [his father-in-law] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 56] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 31] succeeded 7th Duke Manchester, 10th Earl Manchester, 10th Viscount Mandeville, 10th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Manchester.

On 22nd June 1857 [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 47] and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 26]. She married 1877 John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie and had issue.

On 25th June 1859 [his father] Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville [aged 83] died. His son Charles [aged 49] succeeded 6th Earl Tankerville, 7th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 28] by marriage Countess Tankerville.

On 23rd January 1865 [his mother] Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 82] died.

In 1866 Jacob Wilson was appointed land agent to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 55] for his estates at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].

On 17th May 1876 [his sister] Corisande Emma Bennet Countess Malmesbury [aged 68] died. Memorial in Christchurch Priory [Map] sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove [aged 18].

Sacred To The Memory Of Corisande Emma Countess Of Malmesbury, Daughter Of [his father] Charles Fifth Earl Of Tankerville, And [his mother] Corisande, Daughter Of The [his grandfather] Duke De Gramont. Born Aug. 19, 1807. Died May 17, 1876.

From her it never was our fate to find a deed ungentle or a word unkind, the mildes manners with the bravest mind."

Corisande Emma Bennet Countess Malmesbury: On 10th August 1807 she was born to Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville. On 13th May 1830 James Harris 3rd Earl Malmesbury and she were married. She by marriage Countess Malmesbury. She the daughter of Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville. He the son of James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury and Harriet Susan Dashwood.

In 1877 [his son-in-law] John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie [aged 29] and Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 66] and Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 46].

On 29th June 1879 [his son] Charles Bennet [aged 28] died of cholera at India.

On 24th November 1887 [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie [aged 30] died.

On 22nd March 1890 [his brother-in-law] William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 66] died. His son George [aged 36] succeeded 8th Duke Manchester, 11th Earl Manchester, 11th Viscount Mandeville, 11th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester [aged 37] by marriage Duchess Manchester.

On 5th September 1891 [his son] Frederick Augustus Bennet [aged 38] died.

On 23rd October 1895 George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville [aged 43] and Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville were married. He the son of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 85] and Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 65].

On 18th December 1899 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville [aged 89] died. His son George [aged 47] succeeded 7th Earl Tankerville, 8th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville by marriage Countess Tankerville.

On 15th February 1922 [his former wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville [aged 91] died at Greystones, Tunbridge Wells. She was buried at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].