Bridget Bennet

Bridget Bennet
Bornbefore 1668
prob. Nottinghamshire
Diedafter 1699
NationalityEnglish
Known forher book collections
SpouseJohn Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston

Bridget Bennet born Bridget Howe was an English book collector. She lived at two houses and her husband was a member of Parliament who became Baron Ossulston. Her notes and the changing lists of her books give an insight into her interests, book-lending and self-education.