BENSON, Robert (1676-1731), of Red Hall, nr. Wakefield; Bramham Hall, Yorks.; and Queen Street, Westminster

Family and Education

bap. 25 Mar. 1676, 1st s. of Robert Benson of Wrenthorpe, Yorks. by Dorothy, da. of Tobias Jenkins of Grimston, sis. of Tobias Jenkins*. educ. ?London; Christ’s, Camb. 1691; Padua 1694; travelled abroad (Italy). m. 21 Dec. 1703 (with £8,000), Elizabeth (d. 1757), da. of Hon. Heneage Finch I*, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; 1da. illegit. suc. fa. 1676; cr. Baron Bingley 21 July 1713. IGI, Yorks.; Wentworth Pprs. 133; C107/89, m. settlement.

Offices Held

? Capt. Sir Henry Belasyse* ft. reg. 1691. CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 323.

Freeman, York Apr. 1705, alderman May 1705–Sept. 1715. J. Torr, Antiq. York, 142, 147.

Ld. of Treasury Aug. 1710–May 1711; chancellor of Exchequer 14 June 1711–Aug. 1713; PC 14 June 1711–Sept. 1714, 11 June 1730–d.; ambassador to Spain 1713–14; treasurer of Household 1730–d.

Dir. S. Sea Co. July 1711–Feb. 1715. J. Carswell, S. Sea Bubble (1993), 274.

Trustee, West Riding Registry 1711; commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15, survey Westminster and St. James’s manors 1712. York Diaries II (Surtees Soc. lxxvii.) 127–8; E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 137.

? FRS 1699. Thoresby Letters (Thoresby Soc. xxi.), 82; M. Hunter, Royal Soc. and its Fellows, 58, 60.

Parlimentarian

BENSON, Robert (1676-1731), of Red Hall, nr. Wakefield; Bramham Hall, Yorks.; and Queen Street, Westminster

Main residences: Red Hall, nr. Wakefield; Bramham Hall, Yorks.; Queen Street, Westminster.

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Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BENSON, Robert (1676-1731)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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