Richard Newton Bennett
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Richard Newton Bennett (27 October 1770 - 15 February 1836) was Chief Justice of Tobago from 1832 until 1833.[1]
He was born in Blackstoops,[2] County Wexford and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] He was called to the bar in 1796. Bennett corresponded with Daniel O'Connell.[4]
His nephew was the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria when he was shot by John Nichols Thom in Bossenden Wood in Kent.[5]
