Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

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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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Generate an image of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (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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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, Suffolk ⓘ
child Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton ⓘ
closeAdvisorTo King Charles II of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
court 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 ⓘ
era Restoration England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
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 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 ⓘ
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, suo jure Countess of Arlington ⓘ

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Restoration of the monarchy → significantFigure → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Postmaster General of Great Britain → positionHeldBy → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton → spouseFather → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Court of Charles II of England → hasMember → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Cabal ministry → hasMember → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington → father → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington → titleInheritedFrom → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Henry Bennet → nobleTitle → 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
linked to: Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
Baron Arlington → hasFirstHolder → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Baron Arlington → hasHolder → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Little Saxham, Suffolk → hasBirthplaceOf → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
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Baron Arlington of Arlington in the County of Middlesex → heldBy → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Bennet family → hasNotableMember → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Dorothy Crofts → child → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Dorothy Crofts → relative → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Isabella van Nassau-Beverweerd → spouse → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
Isabella van Nassau-Beverweerd → relative → Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ
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