Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

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English statesman Privy Counsellor Secretary of State peer

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, was a prominent 17th-century English statesman and close adviser to King Charles II, influential in shaping the foreign and domestic policies of the Restoration court.

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1st Earl of Arlington	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English statesman ⓘ Privy Counsellor ⓘ Secretary of State ⓘ peer ⓘ
allegiance	Royalists ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
birthDate	1618-01-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Little Saxham, Suffolk ⓘ
burialPlace	Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ surface form: Euston, Suffolk
child	Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington ⓘ surface form: Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton
closeAdvisorTo	Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles II of England
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
court	Court of Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: Restoration court of Charles II
createdEarlDate	1672 ⓘ
createdPeerageTitle	Baron Arlington of Arlington in the County of Middlesex ⓘ
deathDate	1685-07-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ Westminster School NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Restoration England
father	Sir John Bennet ⓘ
fullName	Henry Bennet ⓘ
house	Bennet family ⓘ
influenced	domestic policy of the Restoration court ⓘ foreign policy of Charles II ⓘ
knownFor	court intrigue and diplomacy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Cabal ministry ⓘ
mother	Dorothy Crofts ⓘ
nobleTitle	Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1st Earl of Arlington Baron Arlington ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in the Treaty of Dover ⓘ role in the Cabal ministry ⓘ
peerageCreationDate	1665 ⓘ
positionHeld	Lord Chamberlain ⓘ Member of the Privy Council of England ⓘ Postmaster General ⓘ Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
religion	Anglican ⓘ
residence	Euston Hall, Suffolk ⓘ surface form: Euston Hall
servedAs	diplomat in Spain before the Restoration ⓘ
servedIn	Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
servedMonarch	Charles II of England ⓘ
spouse	Isabella van Nassau-Beverweerd ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
successorInTitle	Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington ⓘ surface form: Isabella Bennet, suo jure Countess of Arlington

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Treaty of Dover (1670) → negotiatedBy → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → nobleTitle → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Arlington

Postmaster General of Great Britain → positionHeldBy → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ

Restoration of the monarchy → significantFigure → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ