Researching William Bennet
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4135 people with the Bennet surname? In that year Bennet was ranked number 1033 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Bennet on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Bennet and the Bennet Family Tree
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Some Famous People called William Bennet
William Bennet (bishop)
William Bennet (4 March 1746 – 16 July 1820) (spelled William Bennett on his memorial in Cloyne Cathedral) was Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, and an antiquary.
He was born in the Tower of London and educated at Harrow School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was senior tutor for many years. One of his pupils was John Fane, who appointed Bennet as his chaplain on taking up the post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1790. Bennet then became Bishop of Cork and Ross until 1794 when he became Bishop of Cloyne.
He died in Montagu Square, London, and "His exertions while preaching a charity sermon at St Michael, Cornhill, exacerbated by a recent attack of gout, are supposed to have hastened his death." He was buried in Plumstead, at that time in Kent.
He was a scholar and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1790. He was particularly interested in tracing the Roman roads of Britain, and Bishop Bennet Way is a horse-riding, walking and cycling route in Cheshire, England, named in honour of his surveys of the Roman roads of the area.
Source: William Bennet (bishop), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Bennet (musician)
William Bennet or Bennett (c. 1767 – c. 1833 or after), born at Combe-in-Teignhead, Devonshire, was an English musician, a composer, organist and pianist.
Bennet's father was a landowner in Devon, but had himself been organist of St Andrew's Church, Plymouth. As a young man Bennet was taught at Exeter, but he later moved to London where he studied with Johann Christian Bach and with Johann Samuel Schroeter. Returning to the west of England, in 1793 he took up an appointment as organist at St Andrew's, Plymouth, and in 1797 he married a Miss Debell. His compositions include music for piano and organ, and anthems and songs for voice. In 1820 he wrote an anthem for the coronation of King George IV. Nothing is known of his life after this date, but he may still have been at St Andrew's in 1833.
Source: William Bennet (musician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Bennet
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