From Contemporary Biographies, Wilts And Dorset, At The Opening Of The Twentieth Century, edited by W.T. Pike, published 1906:
Nobility And Gentry.
Benett-Stanford. John Montagu Benett-Stanford, J.P., Pyt House, Tisbury; Norton Bavant House, Warminster; and Hatch House, Tisbury; son of Vere Benett-Stanford; born at Pyt House, February 5th, 1870; educated at Eton. Formerly in 1st Royal Dragoons, 1890-95; called from Reserve of Officers in South Africa in 1899 till end of War; has seen much fighting, including Central Africa (1896), Tirah (1897), Somaliland (1897), Egypt (1898), and South Africa (1899-1903); Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire; has done much big game shooting in Africa, and India. Married Evelyn, daughter of Burchall Helina, of Broadfield Court, Leominster.