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Bennett was introduced to Humphry Morice, patron of Newport, by his stepfather, Richard Bull, who represented the borough 1756-80. In Parliament Bennett spoke on the Government side in the dispute with the Lords, 13 Dec. 1770; was classed as ‘pro, present’ in both Robinson’s surveys on the royal marriage bill, March 1772; and appears in the King’s lists on the naval captains, 9 Feb. 1773, and Grenville’s Election Act, 25 Feb. 1774, as a friend voting in opposition. In 1774 Robinson classed him as ‘pro’. He did not stand at the general election.
Bennett died 14 Mar. 1814.