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  • Richard Bedford Bennett was a remarkable man.
  • Richard Bedford Bennett was a lawyer, businessman, and politician; born 3 July in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, eldest of the six children of Henry.
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    Richard Bedford Bennett

    Richard Bedford Bennett, 1. Viscount BennettPC, KC (* 3. Juli in Hopewell, New Brunswick, Kanada; † Juni in Mickleham, Surrey, Vereinigtes Königreich) war der elfte Premierminister Kanadas. Seine Amtszeit dauerte vom 7. August bis zum Oktober Bennett gehörte der Konservativen Partei an.

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    Richard Bedford Bennett wurde als ältestes der sechs Kinder von Henry John Bennett (–) und Henrietta Stiles (–) geboren. Das Paar war seit dem September verheiratet und bekam vier seiner Kinder zwischen und Den Bennetts gehörte eine Schiffswerft am Hopewell Cape im Südosten New Brunswicks, die Richards Großvater Nathan Murray Bennett gegründet hatte. Henry John Bennett gelang es jedoch nicht, seine wachsende Familie mit den Einkünften aus dem Schiffbau zu ernähren, welche durch die zunehmende Konkurrenz von Dampfmaschinen und die Depression in den er Jah

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    Martin Bennett was born in in Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom, but has lived for most of his adult life in Australia where he became fascinated by and then totally absorbed in the Rolls-Royce and Bentley marques. He has a number of books on these magnificent motor cars to his credit, the first having been published in , as well as serving as Editor of two Rolls-Royce Owners' Club of Australia magazines over the last 40 years, and with numerous articles published in Rolls-Royce and Bentley magazines in the United Kingdom, United States and other countries. He has driving experience of most models, with a particular enthusiasm for the early post-war models of which he has owned several examples. His previous titleRolls-Royce Silver Wraithdealt with the first post-war Rolls-Royce in great detail, and this volume continues the early post-war theme with the much more numerous Bentley Mk VI and R-Type models, and the less numerous Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn.

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    Bennett: The Rebel Who Challenged and Changed a Nation

    Richard Bedford Bennett was a remarkable man. Born to a poor New Brunswick family, he was a high school principal at age 19 and a multi-millionaire corporate lawyer who was the president of several companies and on the boards of more by age He gave nearly all of his money away to charities, individuals and schools. He was an engagerad citizen. Bennett served on municipal council in New Brunswick, as a territorial representative then Calgary Member of Provincial Parliament, first leader of Alberta Conservative Party then federal cabinet minister and finally, in , the prime minister of Canada. But there was even more. Bennett was a transformational leader. His government created the Bank of Canada, the CBC, the Canada Wheat Board and helped the millions suffering from the depression with minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance and infrastructure projects. He also negotiated deals that after his tenure would create th