Govenor
William
M
Hart-Bennett
Born in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ella Mary (Tuck) Hart-Bennett
— married
27 Apr 1899 in Loddon, Norfolk, England
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 57
in British Honduras, British Colonial America
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2017
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Biography
Hon. Mrs William Hart-Bennett
William M. Hart-Bennett, CMG (1861–1918) was a British government official who served overseas. He was a British colonial minister in Nassau, Bahamas and a Governor of British Honduras (now known as Belize) from January 29, 1918 to September 4, 1918, and before that was employed as Colonial Secretary of the Bahamas.[1]
Hart-Bennett was married to Ella Mary Tuck, married on 27th April 1899 to Ella Mary Tuck, the daughter of Charles E. Tuck and his second wife Emily Mary Tuck of Norwich, England. Ella was an author and a prominent figure in Nassau's society. She was president of the Nassau Dumb Friends League and a member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. She is best remembered as the author of the book An English Girl In Japan (1906). Ella died in the May 29, 1914 sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland at the age of 49.[2]
Bennett himself died on September 4, 1918 from injuries sustained in an August 17, 1918 fire, when a flagpole at the courthouse fell on him.[2] A new building (which now serves the Supreme Court) was completed in 1926, and its clock tower memorializes him.
Sources
- ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D03EFDC1F39E633A25752C3A9639C946596D6CF&oref=slogin
- ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D03EFDC1F39E633A25752C3A9639C946596D6CF&oref=slogin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hart-Bennett
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:269X-9Z2 : 13 December 2014), William Hart Bennett, 1899; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1899, quarter 2, vol. 4B, p. 449, Loddon, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=156012920
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