BENSFORD, JONES; b.; in school list 1736.
BENSLEY, JAMES, son of James Bensley, Wangford, Suffolk, and Susanna, dau. of Robert Pain, Lowestoft, Suffolk; bapt. 26 May 1732; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1741/2; KS 1747; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1751, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1751, scholar 24 Apr 1752, Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1756; was rusticated and admonished for “grave irregularity and misbehaviour” (W. W. R. Ball, Cambridge Papers, 1918, 223-4); BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Inner Temple 15 Feb 1752, left 23 Nov 1755; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jan 1756, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; one of the members of the Nonsense Club (Southey, Cowper, i, 37, 324, v, 132); lic. to m. 25 May 1758 Ann, widow of Andrew Didier (qv); killed by a fall from his horse 5 Apr 1765.
BENSLEY, JOHN, brother of James Bensley (qv); bapt. Lowestoft, Suffolk 12 Jan 1737/8; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748; left 1748.
Bensley, Wimond Egbert Comelis, 1907-1979
Bensley, Wimond Egbert Cornelis, son of George Egbert Bensley MRCS, and Adeline, d. of S. Evans of Alfreton, Derbyshire; b. 30 Mar. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1923; d. 30 May 1979.
BENSON, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (School Lists, 1656, last three quarters).
BENSON, GEORGE, eldest son of John Benson (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703-14 (void, probably expiry year of grace), Tutor 1711-2; BA 1707; MA 1710; ordained deacon (Oxford) 4 Jun 1710; Rector of Peterstow, Herefs., from 19 May 1713; d. before 6 May 1727.
Benson, James Gillies, 1914-1987
Benson, James Gillies, brother of John Arthur Gillies Benson (qv); b. I 7 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left Dec. 1930; a chartered surveyor, ACIS 1937; RAFVR 1940-5 (Wing Cdr); a distinguished fighter pilot, with many successes against German night fighters and flying bombs; DFC 1942, bar 1944; DSO 1945; div. dir. Esso Petroleum Co., retd 1974; FCIS 1970; m. 7 May 1943 Jean Muriel, d. of P. J. Roy Waugh, of Kenley, Surrey; d. 12 July 1987.
Benson, John Arthur Gillies, 1912-1974
Benson, John Arthur Gillies, son of Alfred Barker Benson and Isobel, d. of Duncan John Gillies of Achnahoish, Argyllshire; b. 2 Dec. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (A); left Apr. 1930; asst Superintendent of Customs, Sarawak 1935, Superintendent 1946, dep. Commissioner 1956; escaped from Sarawak during WW2 and joined RAAF; Intell. Corps 1945 (Capt.); d. 23 Jan. 1974.
BENSON, JOHN, son of Very Rev. George Benson DD, Dean of Hereford, and Katherine, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); bapt. 10 Sep 1651; at school 1665; KS 1666; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1669, matr. 15 Jul 1669, aged 17, Westminster Student 28 Apr 1670-82 (void); BA 1673; MA 1675/6; ordained; Prebendary of Chichester from 11 Feb 1680/1; Rector of Cradley, Herefs., from 9 Jun 1682/3; Prebendary of Hereford from 11 Feb 1690/1; Rector of Upper Ledbury, Herefs., from 4 May 1702; m. 19 Dec 1681 Catharine, dau. of Benjamin Martin, Oxford; d. 28 May 1713.
BENSON, MARTIN, son of Rev. Martin Benson, Rector of Merstham, Surrey, and his first wife, his cousin Mary, dau. of Rev. James Benson LLD, Vicar of Standish, Gloucs., and Prebendary of Gloucester; b. 1789; adm. ante 1806; left 1807; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Feb 1808, matr. Mich. 1808, exhibitioner 1809; BA 1812; MA 1816; ordained; Curate, Merstham, Surrey, 1815; Rector of Dunstable, Beds. (not in 1829); m. Rebecca Osborne, Dunstable; d. 11 Aug 1834.