BENN, GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Tanderagee co. Armagh 1 Jany. 1801; entered Belfast Academical institution 1816; took gold medals in logic 1817 and moral philosophy 1818; author of _The history of the town of Belfast_ [_anon._] 1823; _A history of the town of Belfast 2 vols._ 1877–80. _d._ 8 Jany. 1882. BENN, PIERCY. _b._ 1800; 2 lieut. R.A. 3 Feb. 1821; col. 7 June 1856 to 16 July 1862; M.G. 16 July 1862. _d._ Farringdon, Hants. 17 June 1876. BENNETT, CHARLES FOX, formerly of Clifton, Bristol; late premier of Newfoundland. _d._ St. John’s, Newfoundland 5 Dec. 1883. BENNETT, CHARLES HENRY. Draughtsman on wood; contributed sketches signed in the corner with the figure of an owl to _Diogenes_ comic weekly paper 1853 and portraits of members of Parliament to _Illustrated Times_; contributed sketches to _Fun_ down to 1866 and to _Punch_ 1866 to death; published _Fables of Æsop and others translated into human nature_ 1858; _Proverbs with pictures_ 1858; _London people sketched from life_ 1863; _Adventures of Young Munchausen_ 1864. _d._ Caversham road, Kentish Town 2 April 1867 in 38 year. _Punch 13 April 1867 p._ 151. BENNETT, GEORGE (_2 son of John Bennett, Judge of Irish court of King’s Bench who d. 25 Dec. 1791_). _b._ Cork 20 Sep. 1777; called to Irish bar 1800; went Munster circuit; K.C. 18 Feb. 1822; crown prosecutor for Munster circuit Feb. 1832; bencher of King’s Inns Dublin 1836, retired about 1849. _d._ Sodylt hall, Shropshire 26 May 1856. _Dublin univ. mag. xxxiv_, 526–32 (1849), _portrait_. BENNETT, GEORGE JOHN (_son of George Bennett of Norwich, comedian_). _b._ Ripon 9 March 1800; served in the navy 1813–17; first appeared on the stage at Lynn 1818, and in London at Covent Garden 27 Jany. 1823 as Richard iii; acted at Covent Garden 1830–38, at Drury Lane 1841–43 and at Sadler’s Wells 27 May 1844 to 15 March 1862 when he left the stage, his best parts were Bossola in the _Duchess of Malfi_, and Caliban in _The Tempest_; author of a five act play called _Retribution or love’s trials_ produced at Sadlers Wells 11 Feb. 1850, and of a drama called _The Justice_ produced at Birmingham. _d._ Edmonton 21 Sep. 1879. _Theatrical times i_, 241 (1847), _portrait_; _Tallis’s Drawing room table book, parts 8, 10, 17 and 21_, _4 portraits_; _The Players iv_, 17 (1861), _portrait_. BENNETT, JAMES. _b._ Falfield, Thornbury, Gloucs. 10 May 1785; apprenticed to George Robbins of Bath, printer; printer and bookseller in Tewkesbury 1810–52; published _History of Tewkesbury_ 1830; _Tewkesbury Register and Magazine_ 1830–49. _d._ Tewkesbury 29 Jany. 1856.