Earl of Tankerville
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The title of Earl of Tankerville has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and, most recently, in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was the older brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

The present Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England.

Earls of Tankerville, First Creation (1418)

• John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1384-1421)
• Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1419-1450)
• Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1436-1466) (forfeit 1459)

Barons Ossulston (1682)

• John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1618-1695)
• Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston (1674-1722) (became Earl of Tankerville in 1714)

Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695)

• Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1655-1701)

Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)

• Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674-1722)
• Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (d.1753)
• Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1716-1767)
• Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (1743-1822)
• Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville (1776-1859)
• Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810-1899)
• George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville (1852-1931)
• Charles Augustus Ker Bennet, 8th Earl of Tankerville (1897-1971)
• Charles Augustus Grey Bennet, 9th Earl of Tankerville (1921-1980)
• Peter Grey Bennet, 10th Earl of Tankerville (b. 1956)

There is currently no heir apparent of the earldom, only distant heirs presumptive:

two nephews of the 9th earl: Adrian George Bennet (b. 1958) and his brother, Neil Robert Bennet (b. 1961)

See also

• Earl of Arlington

• Neil Bennet