Biography of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville 1810-1899

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

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

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

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

In 1832 Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 21) was elected MP North Northumberland.

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

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

On 30th March 1852 [his son] George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 42) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 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 (age 28) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 20) were married at Hanover Lower Saxony. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 53) and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester.

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

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

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

On 22nd June 1857 [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie was born to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 47) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 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 (age 83) died. His son Charles (age 49) succeeded 6th Earl Tankerville, 7th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 28) by marriage Countess Tankerville.

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

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

On 17th May 1876 [his sister] Corisande Emma Bennet Countess Malmesbury (age 68) died. Memorial in Christchurch Priory [Map] sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove (age 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 (age 29) and [his daughter] Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 66) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 46).

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

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

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

On 5th September 1891 [his son] Frederick Augustus Bennet (age 38) died.

On 23rd October 1895 [his son] George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville (age 43) and [his daughter-in-law] Leonora Sophia van Marter Countess of Tancerville were married. He the son of Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 85) and [his wife] Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 65).

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

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