Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington KG, PC (1618 - 28 July 1685) was an English statesman. He was the son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Middlesex, and of Dorothy Crofts, was the younger brother of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, was baptized at Little Saxham, Suffolk, in 1618, and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He gained some distinction as a scholar and a poet, and was originally destined for holy orders. In 1643 he was secretary to Lord Digby at Oxford, and was employed as a messenger between the queen and Ormonde in Ireland.