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Olivia Bennet, Countess of Tankerville
Born(1830-07-18)18 July 1830
Died15 February 1922(1922-02-15) (aged 91)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Spouse
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(m. 1850)​
Children5, including George
FatherGeorge Montagu
RelativesWilliam Montagu (brother)
Robert Montagu (brother)

Olivia Susan Bennet, Countess of Tankerville (18 July 1830 – 15 February 1922), formerly Lady Olivia Montagu, was the wife of Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville.

Biography

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Olivia was the eldest daughter of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, and his first wife, the former Millicent Sparrow.[1]

She married the earl on 29 January 1850 at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.[2] They had five children:

  • Charles Bennett, Lord Ossulston (1850-1879), who died in India, of cholera, aged 28, unmarried
  • George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville (30 March 1852 – 9 July 1931) he married Leonora van Marter [3] and had children.
  • Hon. Frederick Augustus (1853-1891), who died unmarried.
  • Lady Corisande Olivia (1855-1941),[4] who died unmarried.
  • Lady Ida Louise (1857-1887), who married John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, and had children.

Their oldest son, Lord Ossulston, purchased a commission in the Coldstream Guards in 1870,[5] later transferring to the Rifle Brigade as a lieutenant in 1873.[6] Following his death, the second son, George, became heir to the earldom.[7]

Her only published work was a pamphlet, A Bright Spot In Outcast London. It was published in 1884, and was reprinted by Nabu Press in 2011.[8]

The countess died at Greystokes, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 91.

References

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  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  2. ^ George Naylor, The Register's of Thorrington (n.n.: n.n., 1888).
  3. ^ "Sitter: Leonora Sophie, Countess of Tankerville, née van Marter". Lafayette Negative Archive.
  4. ^ "Lady Corisande Olivia Bennett". National Portrait Gallery, London.
  5. ^ "No. 23681". The London Gazette. 22 November 1870. p. 5026.
  6. ^ "No. 24029". The London Gazette. 28 October 1873. p. 4736.
  7. ^ Chambers's Journal. Orr and Smith. 1884.
  8. ^ Olivia Bennet (countess of Tankerville.) (1884). A bright spot in outcast London.
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