Major Francis Bennett-Goldney

Major Francis Bennett-Goldney FSA MP (1865 – 27 July 1918) was an antiquary, Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury and former Mayor of Canterbury, who died during World War I.[1]

He was born Francis Evans, the son of Sebastian Evans,[2] in Moseley, near Birmingham. He later assumed his mother's family name of Bennett-Goldney.[1]

Bennett-Goldney was appointed as Athlone Pursuivant of the Order of St Patrick in February 1907, and has been mentioned as a possible suspect in the theft of the insignia of the Order, known as the Irish Crown Jewels, in July 1907.[3]