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Personal data Henry Bennet 1st Earl of Arlington (1672), Burggraaf van The 

• He was born in the year 1618 in Arlington, Middlesex, England.
• He died on July 28, 1685 in Spm, Arlington House, Saint James, Middlesex, England, he was 67 years old.
• He is buried in Euston, Suffolk, England.
• A child of John Bennet and Dorothy Crofts
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Henry Bennet 1st Earl of Arlington (1672), Burggraaf van The

He is married to Elisabeth van Nassau-Beverweerd.

They got married on March 1, 1664 at Netherlands, he was 46 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Isabella Bennet  ± 1666-1723 

Notes about Henry Bennet 1st Earl of Arlington (1672), Burggraaf van The

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bennet,_1st_Earl_of_Arlington

Hij studeerde aan het Christ Church College te Oxford.
Hij behoort tot de royalisten in de Engelse burgeroorlog; voegt zich bij de Stuarts in ballingschap 1654; na de Restauratie (1660) Keeper of the Privy Purse; leidt als Secretary of State sinds 1662 de Britse buitenlandse politiek (met tal van intriges en draaierijen, die hem gaandeweg bij iedereen gehaat maken).
1e Graaf van Arlington en burggraaf van Thetford op 22.4.1672; K.G. 15.6.1672.
Hij wordt, na in het House of Commons te zijn aangeklaagd, tot aftreden gedwongen op 11.9.1674; daarna Lord Chamberlain (doch zonder invloed) tot zijn overlijden.

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Minister of Charles II

BIOGRAPHY
He was first educated at Westminster School and later at Christ Church, Oxford. At Andover, during the Civil War, he got a life-long scar on the nose. From 1649 till 1658 he was secretary to the Duke of York. In March 1657 he was knighted and from 1658 until 1661 was envoy for Charles II in Madrid where he acquired an equally life-long lasting pomposity.

In 1661, after the Restoration having returned to England, he became Keeper of the Privy Purse, then M.P. for Callington from 1661 till 1665. Together with Thomas Clifford, Sir William Coventry, Lord Ashley and the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Henry Bennet belonged to the circle of King Charles II's friends. In 1663 he was created Baron Arlington and, in 1672, Earl of Arlington.

He was not the most scrupulous member of the unscrupulous Cabal, as Charles II's advisors known. In 1674 he was impeached as a 'promotor of popery, a self-aggrandizer and a betrayer of trust' and as the 'conduit-pipe' of Charles II's evil policy. Although the impeachment fell through, Arlington found it wiser to exchange the office of Secretary of State for that of Lord Chamberlain. Finally he retired to his Suffolk seat and died 28 July 1685. And like Charles II, he sent for a priest on his deathbed. Sources 1. [S00002 ] Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau Zaltbommel, 1970 , Dek, Dr. A. W. E., Reference: page 149.

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