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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, 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, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1600, Westminster Student Jan 1600/1-13, but before being adm. student went to Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1600, aged 18; BA 1604; MA 1607; BD 1618; MA 1622; ordained priest 30 May 1613 (York); Vicar of Wath on Dearne, Yorks., from May 1613; Chaplain to Archbishop of York 1616; Rector of Carlton-in-Lindrick, Notts., from 8 Oct 1616; Prebendary of Southwell 9 Mar 1622 and of York from 15 Jul 1625; Rector of Withernwick, Yorks., c. 1627; Rector of Walesby, Yorks., 1641; m.; buried at Carlton-in-Lindrick, Notts. 17 Aug 1644.

BENTHALL, THORNTON, brother of William Benthall (qv); b. 7 Oct 1814; adm. 12 Jan 1829; served in Danish Army during Prussian-Danish war of 1848-9; went to live in Christiania (now Oslo), where he established, under the name of Thomas Bennett, a tourist office well known throughout Norway; m.; d. at Christiania 7 Mar 1898.

BENTHAM, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1725/6; in under school list 1728. [Probably Edward Bentham, Clerk, Ticket Office, Navy Office 8 Apr 1730 – Feb 1732; Clerk, Treasurer’s Accounts, Navy Office 28 Feb 1732 – May 1733; again Clerk, Ticket Office 3 May 1733 – 20 Feb 1744; Second Chief Clerk, Ticket Office 20 Feb 1744 – Aug 1750, First Chief Clerk, Ticket Office, from 5 Aug 1750; d. 16 May 1774 (will proved PCC 20 May 1774)]

BENTHAM, SAMUEL; b.; in school lists 1727/8; BB 1729-33. [Possibly Samuel Bentham, son of Joseph Bentham, bapt. St. Martin, Coney Street, York 16 Jun 1718 (IGI)]

BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY EDWARD, elder son of Lord Edward Charles Cavendish Bentinck (qv); b. 2 Feb 1784; adm. 3 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797, 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802, Canoneer Student; BA 1805; MA 1808; private secretary to his uncle, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Prime Minister; ordained priest 7 Feb 1808 (York); Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., 21 Mar 1808 (still 1829); Canon Residentiary of Westminster 7 Oct 1809- Oct 1864; instrumental in getting the knee-breeches which used to be worn by the KSS abolished in 1843; built and endowed at his own cost Holy Trinity, Bessborough Gardens, completed 1852; Clerk of Signet (sinecure) 11 Dec 1802 - 7 Aug 1851, when office abolished; m. 19 Jul 1814 Frances, dau. of Ven. Thomas Constable, Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., and Archdeacon Yorkshire East Riding; d. 29 Sep 1868.

BENTLEY, THOMAS RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bentley, Teddington, Middlesex, artist and dramatist, and grandson of Rev. Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. 24 Mar 1768; KS 1772; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1776, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1776, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1777, matr. Mich. 1777; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1779, called to bar 5 Feb 1785; d. at Calais Oct 1831.

Berens, Atherton, youngest son of Richard Benyon Berens (q.v.); b. May 21, 1877; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1896; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., matric. Jan. 1897; served in Great War I in the R.A.S.C. 1915-8; m. Nov. 3, 1906, Wenefride Dorothy, eldest daughter of Joseph Watson Overbury, of Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London; d. Feb. 1940.

BERENS, RICHARD BEAUVOIR, brother of William Joseph Berens (qv); b. 16 Dec 1801; adm. 11 Oct 1816 (Packharness'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1820; BA 1823; MA 1827; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1823, called to bar 24 Jun 1828; Home Circuit; of Kevington, St. Mary Cray, Kent; m. 10 Jun [Jan ?] 1833 Catherine, dau. of John Edmund Dowdeswell (qv); d. from effects of a fall from his horse 25 Feb 1859.