Mr. Bennet is a major character in Pride and Prejudice. He is married to Mrs. Bennet and they have five daughters, Jane Bingley, Elizabeth Darcy, Mary Bennet, Catherine Bennet, and Lydia Wickham. Mr. Bennet is father-in-law to Charles Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and George Wickham. He is also a distant first(?) cousin of William Collins, the heir presumptive of Longbourn because Mr Bennet has no immediate male heir, the estate is entailed upon his next closest male relative, his distant second(?) cousin, Mr. Collins; while his current heir is Mr. Collins; but if, before his death, one of his daughters should be able to present him with a grandson, said-grandson would then become the new heir of the entailment over a distant cousin, by virtue of being his closest living male blood relative