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Earl of Tankerville is a noble title drawn from Tancarville in Normandy. The title has been created three times: twice in the Peerage of England, and once (in 1714) in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father, John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, was the elder brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

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The Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England. The present Earl lives in West London and North Yorkshire.

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) (lands lost 1453, forfeit 1459)

    • Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695)

  • see Baron Grey of Werke

    • Barons Ossulston (1682)

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

    • Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)

  • Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674–1722)
  • Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1697-1753)
  • 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)
  • Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston (1850–1879)
  • 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)

    • The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin, Adrian George Bennet (b. 1958).

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    Earl of Tankerville Wikipedia
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