Rodney M. Bennett

Rodney Martin Dumaresq Bennett (born 1934) is a broadcaster, writer, and local politician. He came from naval background; his father, Geoffrey Bennett, was a novelist and naval historian (he used the middle initial to avoid confusion with namesakes).

Interested in politics, he joined the Young Conservatives in 1960 and two years later was elected to Kensington Borough Council from Brompton Ward. In 1964, after the reorganisation of London local government, he was elected as a member of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council for Pembridge Ward. He resigned his seat on 5 April 1967 when he went abroad.

After retirement in 1990 he moved to Richmond in Surrey and became active in local politics, serving on Richmond upon Thames Council 2002-2010 as Conservative councillor for South Richmond Ward. He took a special interest in planning.

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