Richard Newton Bennett (27 October 1770 - 15 February 1836) was Chief Justice of Tobago from 1832 until 1833.[1]

Beamish was born in Blackstoops,[2] County Wexford and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] He was called to the bar in 1796. Bennett corresponded with Daniel O'Connell.[4]

His nephew was the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria when he was shot by John Nichols Thom in Bossenden Wood in Kent.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Friday, Feb. 1, 1833 The Times (London, England) Issue: 15077
  2. ↑ Townlands, Ireland
  3. ↑ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p52: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ↑ Daniel O'Connell & Maurice R. O'Connell (1972). Irish Manuscripts Commission (ed.). The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell: 1792–1814. vol. I. Kingston, Jamaica: Irish University Press. ISBN 0-7165-0208-9.
  5. ↑ "Canterbury Christ Church Cathedral". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.


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