Charles Fox Bennett

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Charles Fox Bennett

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{{Short description|Merchant and politician (1793–1883)}}
{{Short description|Newfoundland merchant and politician (1793–1883)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}
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| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Charles Fox Bennett
| name = Charles Fox Bennett
| honorific_suffix =
| honorific_suffix = [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|MHA]] [[Legislative Council of Newfoundland|MLC]]
| image = Charles Fox Bennett.jpg
| image = Charles Fox Bennett.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| birth_date = 11 June 1793
| office1 = 5th [[Premier of Newfoundland]]
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| birth_place = [[Shaftesbury]], [[England]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1883|12|5|1793|6|11}}
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| death_place = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland Colony|Newfoundland]]
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| order =
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| office1 = [[Premier of Newfoundland]]
| term_start1 = February 14, 1870
| term_start1 = February 14, 1870
| term_end1 = January 30, 1874
| term_end1 = January 30, 1874
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| governor1 = [[Stephen John Hill]]
| governor1 = [[Stephen John Hill]]
| monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| assembly2 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of
| assembly2 = Newfoundland House of
| constituency_AM2 = [[Placentia-St. Mary's]]
| constituency_AM2 = [[Placentia-St. Mary's]]
| alongside2 =
[[Robert John Parsons Jr.|Robert J. Parsons Jr.]] (1869–1873)
[[Henry Renouf]] (1869–1873)
[[James Collins (Newfoundland politician)|James Collins]] (1873–1878)
[[Michael E. Dwyer]] (1874–1878)
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| term_start2 = 1869
| term_end2 = 1878
| term_start2 = {{start date|1869|11|13}}
| party = [[Anti-Confederation Party]]
| term_end2 = {{end date|1878|11|09}}
| predecessor2 = [[Pierce M. Barron]]
[[Thomas O'Reilly (Newfoundland politician)|Thomas O'Reilly]]
[[Ambrose Shea]]
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| spouse =
| successor2 = [[William J. S. Donnelly]]

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| office3 = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Newfoundland]]
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| term_start3 = 1850
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| term_end3 = 1855
| appointer3 = [[John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1803)|John Le Marchant]]
| term_start4 = January 1843
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| term_end4 = 1848
| appointer4 = [[John Harvey (British Army officer)|John Harvey]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1793|06|11}}
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| birth_place = [[Shaftesbury]], [[England]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1883|12|5|1793|6|11}}
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| death_place = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland Colony]]
| party = [[Anti-Confederation Party#Newfoundland|Anti-Confederation]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Isabella Sheppard|1829}}
| relatives = [[Thomas Bennett (Newfoundland politician)|Thomas Bennett]] (brother)
}}
}}


'''Charles James Fox Bennett''' (11 June 1793 in [[Shaftesbury]], England – 5 December 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] into [[Canadian Confederation]]. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the colony's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery, brewery industry, and shipbuilding. His brother, [[Thomas Bennett (magistrate)|Thomas Bennett]], a magistrate and member of Newfoundland's first House of Assembly, was a partner in the business.
'''Charles James Fox Bennett''' (June 11, 1793 – December 5, 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] into [[Canadian Confederation]]. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the colony's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery, brewery industry, and shipbuilding. His brother, [[Thomas Bennett (magistrate)|Thomas Bennett]], a magistrate and member of Newfoundland's first House of Assembly, was a partner in the business.


Bennett became involved in politics in the 1840s as a leader of the colony's [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] community and an opponent of [[Responsible government#Canada|responsible government]], an argument he lost when an alliance of [[Catholics]] and non-Anglican Protestants persuaded the [[Colonial Office]] to grant Newfoundland self-government.
Bennett became involved in politics in the 1840s as a leader of the colony's [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] community and an opponent of [[Responsible government#Canada|responsible government]], an argument he lost when an alliance of [[Catholics]] and non-Anglican Protestants persuaded the [[Colonial Office]] to grant Newfoundland self-government.
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