23 October 1895. Prior to their marriage, Leonora, a daughter of Dr. James Gilbert van Marter, had been a music teacher in New York. Together, they had four children (two sons, two daughters): Hon. Georgina Bennet (1896–1896), who died in infancy. Charles Bennet, 8th Earl of Tankerville (1897–1971), who married Roberta Mitchell (née Nolan) in 1920. They divorced in 1930 and remarried to Violet Pallin in 1930. Lady Ida Olivia Sophie Bennet (1898–1900), who died in childhood. Hon. George William Bennet (1903–1981), who married Constance Clare Wace in 1929. Lord Tankerville died at the family seat of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, 9 July 1931, of the effects of a gastric hemorrhage, aged 79, and was cremated and buried at Chillingham. After his death the Chillingham Estate was broken up, and the Countess of Tankerville moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where she died on 15 February 1949. Descendants Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of Charles Augustus Grey Bennet, 9th Earl of Tankerville (1921–1980), who married Virginia Diether and Georgiana Wilson; George Arthur Grey Bennet (1925–2001), who married Hazel Judson; Ian Bennet (b. 1935); and Corisande Bennet (b. 1938), who married Lt. Cdr. Timothy Bain Smith. References External links Portrait of the Countess of Tankerville Portrait of the Earl of Tankerville 1852 births 1931 deaths Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland People educated at Radley College Rifle Brigade officers