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BENETT, THOMAS, second son of Thomas Benett, Norton Bavant, Wilts., Joint Registrar, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and Etheldreda, dau. of Most Rev. William Wake DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1744 (Peirson's); left 1747; Wadham Coll. Oxford, fellow commoner, matr. 4 Jun 1747; adm. Middle Temple 2 Apr 1747; ? adm. Inner Temple from Middle Temple year 1752/3 (as Bennett), called to bar 13 Jun 1755, sold chambers in Inner Temple 29 May 1767; of Pythouse and Norton Bavant, Wilts.; High Sheriff, Wiltshire 1758; m. 1st, 7 Jun 1766 (IGI), Frances, dau. of Rev. Richard Reynolds, Little Paxton, Hunts.; m. 2nd, 3 Jan 1771 (IGI), Catherine, dau. of John Darell, York Street, St. James’s, London; d. 16 May 1797.

Beney, Arthur, eldest son of William Augustus Beney, of Beckenham, Kent, by Emily, daughter of Robert Whall Cooke, of Brighton, Sussex; b. March 26, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left April 1901; an export merchant; served in France and Italy in Great War I; Major R. A. S. C. and D. A. D. of Transport April 11, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. May 29, 1917, and Dec. 20, 1918; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; m. Jan. 24, 1920, Evelyn Annie, daughter of Ernest L. Simpson, of Toronto, Canada; d. April 8, 1960.

BENEZET, CLAUDE, son of Claude Benezet, Maj. Horse Grenadier Guards, and Anne, dau. of Edward Allen, HBM Envoy at Naples; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 10 Mar 1765 (IGI); adm. 26 Feb 1776; left 1779; Writer, EICS Bengal; arrived in India 12 Nov 1779; assistant, Secretary’s Office, and assistant, Board of Inspection, Calcutta, 1782; Senior Merchant and Head Assistant, Treasurer’s Office, 1787; Sub-Treasurer, 1792; retd. before 1800; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; d. 11 Dec 1846, aged 81.

BENGOUGH, EDMUND; b. 5 Feb 1733/4; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1743/4-7; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1747; left 1747; E. I. Maritime Service; Surgeon, Lord Holland Indiaman 1763; Cert. Corp. Surgeon, EICS 1776; Surgeon, Stafford Indiaman, 1778-9; Assistant Surgeon, EICS Bengal 3 Apr 1780; Surgeon, 1 Nov 1783; Apothecary General, EICS; served in First Maratha War 1780-1; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1752 Elizabeth Webb, St. Mary Aldermanbury, London; m. 2nd, 12 May 1774 Ann Morley (IGI); d. at Calcutta 10 Jan 1787, described as MD in M. I. there.

Bengough, Harry, brother of John Lynton Harcourt Bengough (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left Dec. 1939; Queen's Roy. Lancers in WW2; a member of Lloyd's; m. 6 Aug. 1954 Sonia, d. of Joseph Barker of Knaresborough, Yorks.

Bengough, John Lynton Harcourt, son of Neville Stewart Harcourt Bengough, a member of Lloyd's, and Gladys Ella, d. of James Williams of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire; b. 21 Nov. 1919; adm. May 1932 (R); left July 1936; RA in WW2, disch. for ill health; m. 21 Nov. 1939 Daphne Batria Claire, d. of Walter Maurice Edwards; d. 21 July 1961.

BENJAMIN, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1722; in under school list 1725.

Benjamin, Joseph Henry, son of Ludwig Benjamin, of Bayswater, by Gertrude, daughter of Isaac Solomon Henry; b. Feb. 25, 1904; adm. from Tonbridge School May 2, 1917 (H); left Easter 1921; a clerk in the London Stock Exchange.