Finn Bennett

Birth Name: Finn-Tomas Henry Bennett

Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: c. January 2000

Ethnicity: Irish, English, one eighth Belgian Walloon/French

Finn Bennett is an English and Irish actor. His roles include the shows Liar, Kiri, Domina, and True Detective: Night Country.

He is the son of English journalist Georgina Henry, of The Guardian, and Irish novelist and screenwriter Ronan Bennett. His father was born in Belfast and raised in Newtownabbey, in Northern Ireland. His mother was born in Aden, Aden Protectorate, now Yemen, where her father was a British army officer.

Finn’s paternal grandfather was named William H. Bennett.

Finn’s paternal grandmother was named Geraldine.

Finn’s maternal grandfather was Michael William “Mike” Henry (the son of Thomas Richard Henry and Dora Dalton). Michael likely was born in Bengal, India. He became a full colonel. Thomas was born in Clones, Co Monaghan, Ireland, the son of William Henry and Margaret Jane Crawford, whose mother was born in Fort William, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, of English and Irish descent.

Finn’s maternal grandmother was Annette Duvivier (the daughter of Jacques Philippe Duvivier and Doris W. H. Reid). Annette was born in Kensington, London, England. Jacques was born in Fulham, London, the son of Belgian Walloon/French parents, Lucien Jean Duvivier and Leonie Marie.

Source: Obituary of Finn’s mother – https://www.theguardian.com

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.