Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Tankerville PC |
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A portrait of Bennet by Alfred d'Orsay.
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| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
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In office 10 July 1866 – 19 March 1867 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Lord Foley |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Exeter |
| Lord Steward of the Household | |
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In office 19 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Marlborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
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| Born | 10 January 1810 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London |
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18 December 1899 (aged 89) Chillingham Castle, Northumberland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Olivia Montagu (1830-1922) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville PC (10 January 1810 – 18 December 1899), 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.
Bennet was born at Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, the eldest son of Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville and Armandine Corisande de Gramont, daughter of the French duke of Gramont and duke of Guiche. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He became known by the courtesy title Lord Ossulston on the death of his grandfather in 1822.
Lord Ossulston entered Parliament as Member of Parliament for North Northumberland in 1832. He held this seat until 1859, when he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Ossulston. He succeeded his father in the earldom only a month later. On 8 March 1833, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northumberland. He served under the Earl of Derby as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1866 to 1867 and under Derby and then Benjamin Disraeli as Lord Steward of the Household from 1867 to 1868. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council.
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