Biography of John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 1616-1695

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston were married.

Before 5th July 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was born to [his father] John Bennet [aged 53] and [his mother] Dorothy Crofts [aged 28]. On 5th July 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was baptised.

On 15th February 1626 [his father] John Bennet [aged 63] died.

On 24th April 1635 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 18] was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford University.

In 1636 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 19] educated at Gray's Inn.

Before 7th April 1648 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave [aged 36] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.

In March 1655 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 21] were married.

After 24th August 1658 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 42] and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 50] were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.

In 1659 [his mother] Dorothy Crofts [aged 71] died.

On 14th March 1665 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex with a special remainder allowing it to pass to both male and female descendants. [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

On 28th July 1667 Abraham Cowley [aged 49] died in Porch House. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] where [his step-son] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 19] subsequently commissioned a monument.

On 22nd April 1672 Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 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 [aged 55] and the heirs male of his body. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 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 [aged 57] and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston. He married 3rd July 1695 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston, daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville, and had issue.

On 24th November 1682 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 66] was created 1st Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston by marriage Baroness Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.

On 28th July 1685 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 67] died. His daughter [his niece] Isabella [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Countess Arlington, 2nd Viscountess Thetford, 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

On 18th March 1686 [his step-son] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 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 [his wife] Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 78].

On 11th February 1695 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 78] died. He was buried at Harlington. His son Charles [aged 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.