Authorised form of name | Bennet; Henry Grey (1777 - 1836) |
Dates | 1777 - 1836 |
Date of birth | 02 December 1777 |
Place of death | Florence, Italy |
Date of death | 29 May 1836 |
Activity | Education: Eton (1788-1792); Peterhouse, Cambridge (1799-1801) MA 1801; Career: Commissioned as an Ensign, 1st Foot Gurads, (17930; Lieutenant and Captain (1794); served as assistant to William Drummond, Envoy to Naples; retired 1798. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn, called to Bar 1803; Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1806-7 and 1811-26. Freemason, initiated 25 May 1818, Union Lodge of Ionic and Prudence No 16 subsequently Royal Alpha Lodge No 16 London Under a cloud for a possible homosexual incident, which ruined his reputation.
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 05/03/1812 |
Relationships | Second son of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville of Chillingham Castle Northumberland, and his wife Emma Colebrooke; married, 15 May 1816, Gertrude Frances Russell, eldest daughter of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey. One son, who died of consumption; 3 daughters, one died of consumption. |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who are Masons' The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 2010 page 9 |
Code | NA4868 |
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