Philip Bennet (Bath MP)

[1] Philip was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury in 1734 – 20 February 1735 and 9 March 1738 – 1741, and for Bath in 1741–1747.

Both wives have prominent memorial plaques dedicated to them inside St Thomas à Becket Church next door to Widcombe Manor.

They are buried inside the Bennet family tomb which can still be seen today in the tiny churchyard overlooking the manor.

The antiquary Robert Edward Myhill Peach noted that "It is strange that this gentleman, so reserved and circumspect up to middle age, entered about 1747 upon a career of wild dissipation, squandering his fortune with reckless prodigality.

Bennett Street, now spelt with two t's, is located in the city centre of Bath and is just off Landsdown Road.

The Bennet crest sits either side of the gates of Widcombe Manor in Bath, Somerset, once the seat of the Bennet family. The motto, Bene Tenax, means "with noble tenacity".