Richard Newton Bennett Explained

Richard Newton Bennett (27 October 1770 - 15 February 1836) was Chief Justice of Tobago from 1832 until 1833.[1] He was born in Blackstoops,[2] County Wexford and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] He was called to the bar in 1796. Bennett corresponded with Daniel O'Connell.[4]

His nephew was the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria when he was shot by John Nichols Thom in Bossenden Wood in Kent.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Friday, Feb. 1, 1833 The Times (London, England) Issue: 15077
  2. https://www.townlands.ie/wexford/scarawalsh/saint-marys-enniscorthy/enniscorthy-rural/blackstoops/ Townlands, Ireland
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p52: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. Daniel O'Connell & Maurice R. O'Connell (1972). Irish Manuscripts Commission (ed.). The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell: 1792–1814. vol. I. Kingston, Jamaica: Irish University Press. ISBN 0-7165-0208-9.
  5. Web site: Canterbury Christ Church Cathedral . 28 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110911174148/http://www.canterburykfhs.co.uk/canterbury_cathedral.htm . 11 September 2011 . dmy-all .

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