1773 - 1845
'Reputed' son of Moses Benson (q.v.) who left him £10,000 and his real estate in Shropshire and Liverpool, where Ralph Benson was himself a merchant for a period. MP for Stafford 1812-1818 and 1826-1830.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/benson-ralph-1773-1845, which describes his father as 'a well-to-do West India merchant of Lancashire yeoman stock.'
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MP
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Stafford Staffordshire
1812 - 1818 election →
Stafford Staffordshire
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Son → Father
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Described in the History of Parliament entry for Ralph Benson as brothers-in-law. LBS has not yet traced this relationship...
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Lutwyche Hall, Wenlock, Shropshire, South-west England, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Ralph Benson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664885 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
