Richard Newton Bennett
Richard Newton Bennett was Chief Justice of Tobago from 1832 until 1833.
He was born in Blackstoops, County Wexford and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was called to the bar in 1796. Bennett corresponded with Daniel O'Connell.
His nephew was the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria when he was shot by John Nichols Thom in Bossenden Wood in Kent.