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The magistrate Henry Curtis Bennett was born in 1846 the son of a vicar, George Peter Bennett. After practising as a barrister he became a magistrate in 1886 and, in July 1888, was splitting his time between Wandsworth and Hammersmith police courts. In 1878 he had married Emily Jane Hughes Hallett (who may well have been a cousin of Major Francis Charles Hughes Hallet) and the couple gave birth to Henry Honywood in 1879. Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett was the famous KC who was knighted in 1922.
Both men died suddenly shortly after major appointments. Henry senior died on 2 June 1913 within a month of his appointment as Chief Magistrate and weeks after he was knighted. Henry Honywood died only a few weeks after his appointment as Chairman of the London Sessions.
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