Wilhelm Bennet
Wilhelm Bennet was the Governor of Halland County in Sweden from 1728 to 1737 and the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1737 to 1740.{{cite web |url=http://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/18497 |title= Wilhelm Bennet|author=|date=2013 |website=Riksarkivet.se |publisher=Swedish Biographical Dictionary (art by Arthur Stille . )urn: sbl : 18497 |accessdate=January 31, 2014}}
Biography
His paternal grandfather was William Bennet (died 1647), the minister of Trinity College Kirk in Edinburgh.
Bennet inherited Ellinge Castle in 1724 and made major repairs to the estate.{{cite journal |last1=Henriksson |first1=Karin |last2=Ingemansson |first2=Karin |last3=Samuelson |first3=Eva-Marie |year= 2010|title= Ellinge slott : trädgården och parkens historia vid ett av Skånes äldsta gods|trans-title= Ellinge castle - the history of the garden and parks at one of the oldest manors in Scania|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-4-177 |format= PDF|language=Swedish |journal=Student thesis for Second cycle, A1N, A1F or AXX ( A1N). Alnarp: SLU, Landscape Architecture (until 121231) |publisher=SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences|accessdate=January 23, 2014 }}
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