Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville KT PC (1674 – 21 May 1722), known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer.
[1] Tankerville succeeded his father in the barony in 1695 and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords.
In 1714 he was created Earl of Tankerville,[2] a revival of the title which had become extinct on the death of his father-in-law thirteen years earlier (see below).
He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1716[3] and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1721.
He died in May 1722 and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Charles.