Sir Levinus Bennet, 2nd Baronet (1631 – 5 December 1693) was a British

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politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Bennet, 1st

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and his wife Mary Munck, daughter of Levinus Munck. In 1667, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bennet was educated at

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in 1644. He was appointed

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in 1652 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for

from 1679 until his death in 1693. On 6 July 1653, at

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, London, he married Judith Boevey, the daughter of William Boevey (died 1661) of

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, Gloucestershire, son of the Dutch-born

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Andrew Boevey (died 1625), and brother of the merchant, lawyer and philosopher

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(1622–1696). They had two sons and seven daughters. Bennet died in

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and was buried in Babraham a week later. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only surviving son, Richard.

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