Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville

Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician.

[1] Lord Ossulston sat as Member of Parliament for Steyning from 1803 to 1806,[2] for Knaresborough from 1806 to 1818[3] and for Berwick from 1820 to 1822.

[4] He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville.

Lord Tankerville married a French woman, Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène de Gramont, daughter of Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, duc de Gramont, at Devonshire House, London, on 28 July 1806.

Lord Tankerville died in June 1859, aged 83, and was succeeded by his only son, Charles.