BENBOW, John (1769-1855), of 26 Mecklenburgh Square, London
Dir. North Western Railway; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Dir. North Western Railway; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
MP Dunleer [I] 1800.
Capt. W. Essex militia 1839, lt.-col. 1846–52.
JP Lancs., Bucks.; dep. lt. Lancs.
Ald. Liverpool 1841 – 65; mayor 1848 – 49.
Chairman Liverpool Dock Trust 1843 – 48.
Dir. London North Western Railway.
Imperial Order of the Rose (Brazil) 1863.
J.P. W. Riding Yorks. deputy lt. W. Riding Yorks.
Memb. London sch. bd. 1876 – 79.
Midshipman RN 1819, lt. 1826, cdr. 1828, capt. 1834, r.-adm. (reserved half-pay) 1856, v.-adm. 1863, adm. 1867.
Groom in waiting to Queen Victoria 1841 – 46; ld. of admiralty Feb. – Dec. 1852.
J.P. Mdx., Notts., Westminster, E. Riding Yorks; deputy lt. E. Riding Yorks. 1852; chairman q. sess. E. Riding Yorks. 1865 – d.; high sheriff Yorks. 1874; alderman E. Riding Yorks. co. council 1889.
Dir. Manchester and Lincoln Union railway.
Memb. Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club 1848; fell. Royal Horticultural Society 1861; president Yorks. Agricultural Society 1865.
Fell. Royal Astronomical Society 1875.
Cornet, Duke of Lancaster’s yeomanry militia 1841, capt. 1846, lt. col. 1857.
JP; dep. lt. Oxon.
High sheriff Carlow 1824.
LL.B & LL.D 1856.
Clubs: Carlton; Conservative; Kildare Street.
JP Staffs, N. Riding Yorks.
Cornet Staffs. yeomanry cavalry 1864; lt. 1871; ret. 1876.
Improvement commissioner West Bromwich; chairman Whitby district highway board; chairman Whitby school attendance committee; Whitby harbour trustee; member of board of conservators Esk fishery district.