Wilhelm Bennet was the Governor of Halland County in Sweden from 1728 to 1737 and the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1737 to 1740.[1]

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Bennet inherited Ellinge Castle in 1724 and made major repairs to the estate.[2]

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  1. ^ "Wilhelm Bennet". Riksarkivet.se. Swedish Biographical Dictionary (art by Arthur Stille . )urn: sbl : 18497. 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  2. ^ Henriksson, Karin; Ingemansson, Karin; Samuelson, Eva-Marie (2010). "Ellinge slott : trädgården och parkens historia vid ett av Skånes äldsta gods" [Ellinge castle - the history of the garden and parks at one of the oldest manors in Scania] (PDF). Student thesis for Second cycle, A1N, A1F or AXX ( A1N). Alnarp: SLU, Landscape Architecture (until 121231) (in Swedish). SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved January 23, 2014.