Philip Bennet (Suffolk MP)

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

For other people named Philip Bennet, see Philip Bennet (disambiguation).

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]

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 463–464. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.


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