Family and Education
bap. 25 Mar. 1676, o.s. of Robert Benson (d. c. July 1676) of Wrenthorpe, Yorks. and Dorothy (d.1696), da. of Tobias Jenkins‡ of Grimston, Yorks. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1691; travelled abroad 1693-4, Padua 1694. m. 21 Dec. 1703 (with £8,000), Elizabeth (c.1676-1757), da. Heneage Finch, Bar. Guernsey (later earl of Aylesford) 1s. d.v.p., 1da.; 1da. illegit. suc. fa. c. July 1676. d. 9 Apr. 1731; will 27 June 1729 – 9 Mar. 1730, pr. 13 Apr. 1731. PROB 11/643.
Offices Held
Commr. treasury Aug. 1710 – May 1711, building 50 new churches 1711 – 15, survey, Westminster and St. James’s manors 1712; chancellor Exch. 1711 – 13; PC 14 June 1711-Sept.. 1714, 11 June 1730 – d.; treas. household 1730 – d.
Dep. lt., Yorks. (W. Riding) and York city 1700–?;
?Capt., Sir Henry Belasyse’s‡ Regt. of Ft. 1691.
Amb. extraordinary, Spain Dec. 1713–14.
Dir. S. Sea Co. 1711 – 15.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Red Hall, nr. Wakefield, Yorks. (W. Riding); Bramham Hall, Yorks. (W. Riding); 36; 38 Queen Street, Westminster;Survey of London, x. 75-77; TNA, PROB 11/643.; The Nunnery, Cheshunt, Herts.VCH Herts. iii. 441-58; HMC Dartmouth, i. 324; PROB 11/643.;
Likenesses
watercolour on vellum (miniature) by Andreas von Behn, 1704, Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. P.189-1922; oil on canvas, c.1720, Bramham Park, Yorks.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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