George Cecil Westropp Bennett (1877 – 20 June 1963) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael politician from 1927 to 1951.
He became a magistrate, county councillor and vice-chairman of the local hospital committee and was involved in many other charitable projects.
[1] After a redrawing of the boundaries of the Limerick constituency he was not re-elected in the 1948 general election but the Inter Party Government Taoiseach John A. Costello nominated him to the Seanad where he sat until 1951.
He was an huntsman and breeder of blood stock and pedigree dogs; the Milltown Irish Red Setters are a legacy of his.
[1] In an interview in 2008 Liam Cosgrave, said that "in 60 years he never heard a bad word said against Bennett who was held in universally high regard".