Philip Bennet (Suffolk MP) explained

Philip Bennet (1795 – 17 August 1866)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk at a by-election in October 1845 following the death of the sitting MP Robert Rushbrooke. Bennet held the seat until the stood down at the 1859 general election.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6) . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205092328/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons6.htm . 5 December 2008 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 2009-11-23.
2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 463–464.