Leonora Sophia Bennet (née van Marter)

Countess of Tankerville

Born: Unknown.

Died: 15 February 1949.

Crowley's diary entry of 31 December 1945 indicates that Leonora Bennet (Lady Tankerville) was a IVº  initiate in the O.T.O.

Leonora, daughter of James Gilbert van Marter of New York, was the wife of George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville who was a British peer, cowpuncher, circus clown, and revival meeting singer.

She met her husband when he turned a somersault over a sofa in a New York drawing-room, nearly falling into her lap. They were married at Tacoma, Washington, on 23 October 1895. Prior to their marriage she had been a music teacher. They had four children:

Charles Augustus Ker Bennet, 8th Earl of Tankerville (16 August 1897–1 December 1971)

Hon. George William Bennet (21 November 1903–12 February 1981), married Constance Clare Wace, of Victoria, British Columbia, and died sine prole.

Hon. Georgina Bennet (16 July 1896–17 July 1896)

Lady Ida Olivia Sophie Bennet (10 November 1898–May 1900)

She later died on 15 February 1949.