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BENBOW, HERBERT CLIFTON, son of John Benbow, Uxbridge, Middlesex, merchant, and Adela, dau. of Daniel Tookey; grandson of Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 4 Oct 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 27 May 1875; QS 1876; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1880, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1910; a schoolmaster at Cargilfield Sch., Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, 1883-1927; d. 2 Feb 1941.

BENBOW, WILLIAM LEONARD, brother of Herbert Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 11 Jul 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1884; BA 1886; a schoolmaster at Highgate Sch., Hilbrow, Rugby, and Oatlands, Harrogate, 1890-1908.

Bendall, Geoffrey Skeat Manley, brother of Philip Manley Bendall (q.v.); b. Oct. 2, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 26, 1901; left Dec. 1904; a Director of Mark Mayhew, Ltd., Flour Millers, 1907-13; Capt. Oct. 21, 1915; and Adjutant June 1, 1916, 58th London Divisional Train R.A.S.C.; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 30, 1918; d. 1 Jan. 1932.

Bendall, Philip Manley, son of Samuel John Bendall, of Norbury, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Ellen, eldest daughter of William Stone, of London; b. Oct. 24, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (A); left July 1901; became a member of the London Stock Exchange 1907; went out to the Federated Malay States Sept. 1910 and engaged in rubber­planting, returned home in May 1915; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. and became Capt. and Adjt. 19th Batt. London Regt.; served in France June - Nov. 1916, Salonica Dec. 1916 - June 1917, and Palestine June 1917 - Aug. 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919, and Order of the Nile (4th class) Aug. 1919; returned to the Federated Malay States March 1920; m. March 6, 1920, Ethel Maude Liddell, daughter of Morton Peto Betts, of Mentone, France; d. Aug. 23, 1948.

BENET, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1747 (Burges'); left 1747.

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.

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, 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.