5 autograph and signed letters (all double-page) in French, all dated 1714 to "Monsieur Pellatier à Paris" (annotations) together with 18th/mid 19th Century 4 further documents, relating to the biography of the Bennet-family. Provenance: "Collège héraldique de France, Archive de la Noblesse", a private instition, founded in 1841 and the documents were sold at Hotel Douot, ca. 1935-1937. All document with the stamp of the insitution. 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. Tankerville was the son of the book collector Bridget Bennett and John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston. Political career 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, 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 and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1721. Family Lord Tankerville married Lady Mary, daughter of Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, in 1695. He died in May 1722 and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Charles. #C032 Voir les photos