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    • Charles James Bennett (1793-1883) - Find a Grave Memorial...

    BENNETT, CHARLES JAMES FOX, merchant and politician; b. 11 June 1793 at Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, son of Thomas and Leah Bennett; m. 1829 Isabella Sheppard of Clifton (now part of Bristol), England; d. 5 Dec.

    Charles james fox bennett biography of michael

  • Charles james fox bennett biography of michael
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  • Charles James Bennett (1793-1883) - Find a Grave Memorial
  • Charles James Bennett (1793-1883) - Find a Grave Memorial
  • Charles James Fox Bennett | The Canadian Encyclopedia

    • 1883 at St John’s, Nfld.

    That Charles James Fox Bennett’s family had a connection with the West Country–Newfoundland trade is probable since he was sent to St John’s in 1808, possibly as a clerk. Soon after the end of the Napoleonic wars he was in business on his own account in St John’s and in the early 1820s formed a partnership with his elder brother Thomas*.

    The firm of C. F. Bennett and Company was engaged in the general trade of the colony, supplying planters (especially in St Mary’s, Placentia, and Fortune bays), importing European merchandise, and exporting fish, usually on a commission basis.

    Unlike most Newfoundland trading firms, it seldom engaged in the seal-fishery, nor did it own many ships. The business pro