Bennett was born in
Caterham,
Surrey, the eldest son of Charles Hudson Bennett, a solicitor, and Elizabeth Bennett. He was educated at
Winchester College, and was
called to the Bar by
Lincoln's Inn in 1900. During the
First World War, he served with
The Rifle Brigade, and was a prisoner-of-war in Germany. After the war, Bennett became a
King's Counsel in 1923. In the
1924 general election, he contested
South Oxfordshire as a Liberal, but lost. He was elected a
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1928. In 1929, he was appointed a
Justice of the High Court and assigned to the Chancery Division in succession to
Mr Justice Romer, and received the customary
knighthood. He served on the court until his death in 1943. His obituary in
The Times said that "Without great outstanding qualities, but with much good sense, he made a satisfactory and very pleasant judge." In 1904, Bennett married Constance Radeglence, the only daughter of Major J. N. Still, of
Musbury,
Devon, an officer in the
King's Own Scottish Borderers; they had two sons and one daughter, who married
Raymond Evershed, later the
Master of the Rolls. == References ==