Earl of Tankerville is a title drawn from Tancarville in Normandy which has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once (in 1714) in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, was the older brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.
The Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England. The present Earl lives in California.
Read more about Earl Of Tankerville: Earls of Tankerville, First Creation (1418), Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695), Barons Ossulston (1682), Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)
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