William Bennet, bishop of Cloyne

(1746-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Bennet, William (1746-1820) Bishop of Cloyne, archaeologist DNB: Bennet, William (1746-1820), bishop of Cloyne and antiquary LBT ID: WiBenne1820	B/BAP: 1746-03-04 DIED: 1820-07-16
SOURCES: DNB
Classical scholar educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; he was bishop of Cork and Ross (1790-94) and Cloyne (1794-1820) and was a friend of Samuel Parr.
REFERENCES TO William Bennet, bishop of Cloyne: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. II. 1752-1761 Found 4: ¶ 11 ¶ 12 ¶ 16 ¶ n1 Ch. III. 1761-1765 Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ 5 Ch. IV. 1765-1766 Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 18 Ch. V. 1767-1771 Found 1: ¶ 10 Ch. VIII. 1771-1776 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch XVII. 1820-1824 Found 5: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 4 ¶ 5 ¶ 7 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 7 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 9