Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville photograph

Charles Bennet, 4th Earl Of Tankerville

Charles Bennet, 4th Earl Of Tankerville Life story


Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells and a famous patron of Surrey cricket in the 1770s. He agreed a set of cricket rules that included the first mention of the Leg before wicket rule.

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