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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, Jobn 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.

Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, brother of Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1946, MA 1949, hon. Fellow 2005; RAFVR 1943-5, RNVR 1945-6; Pres. of Oxford Union 1947; producer BBC N. American Service 1949-50; MP (Lab. ) Bristol South-East Dec. 1950-60 and Aug. 1963-83, Chesterfield Mar. 1984-2001; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount Stansgate 17 Nov. 1960; unsuccessfully attempted to renounce his succession in 1955 and 1960, and after winning a by-election at Bristol South-East in May 1961 was disqualified from taking his seat; later instigated the Peerage Act 1963, and renounced the title for life; chmn. Fabian Soc. 1964; Postmaster-General 1964-6, founding the PO Giro; PC 1964; Min. of Technology 1966-70, assuming responsibility for Aviation in 1967, for Power 1969; hon. LLD Strathclyde Univ. 1969, hon. DTech Bradford Univ. 1969, hon. DSc Aston Univ., 1970; Sec. of State for Industry 1974-5, for Energy 1975-9; member NEC, Lab. Party 1959-60, 1962-93, chmn. 1971-2; pres., Campaign Group of Labour MPs 1987-2001; pres., Stop the War Coalition 2004-14; author of a number of works on political subjects; published nine volumes of his diaries; m. 17 June 1949 Caroline, d. of James Miltonn De Camp of Cincinnati, USA; d. 14 Mar. 2014.