Henry Boswell Bennett
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Henry Boswell Bennett
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Lieutenant Henry Boswell Bennett (1809–1838) of the 45th Regiment of Foot became on 31 May 1838 the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria when he was shot by John Nichols Thom in Bossenden Wood in Kent. Bennett was of Irish parentage, born in 1809, the son of Major William Bennett formerly of the 69th Regiment of Foot, and the grandson of Richard Bennett who was murdered during the Wexford Rebellion of 1798. An uncle, Richard Newton Bennett was chief justice of the Island of Toba
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British Army officer (1809–1838)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Boswell_Bennett
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2023-12-13T23:14:22Z
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