Of Much Wenlock, Salop.
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Lyde Ernest George BENSON | (1845 - 1924) | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Madeleine Barbara BENSON | (.... - 1909) | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Madeleine Frances BENSON | (.... - 1953) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| (.... - 1913) m 1861| | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_Geoffrey Ralph BENSON ___+ | (.... - 1933) _Riou Thomas BENSON _______| | | | |_Mabel Caroline SIMMONDS _ | (.... - 1959) _Mark Riou BENSON ___| | | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Frances Elizabeth TALBOT _| | | | |__________________________ | | |--Marcus BENSON | | __________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |__________________________ | | |_Joy GEULETT ________| | | __________________________ | | |___________________________| | |__________________________
_Moses George BENSON ___ | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _+ | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 _Geoffrey Ralph BENSON ___| | (.... - 1933) | | | ________________________ | | | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| | (.... - 1913) m 1861| | |________________________ | | |--Margaret BENSON | | ________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Mabel Caroline SIMMONDS _| (.... - 1959) | | ________________________ | | |_____________________| | |________________________
still living - details excluded
_Riou George BENSON _+ | (1834 - 1896) m 1861 _Geoffrey Ralph BENSON ___| | (.... - 1933) | | |_Mary BROOKE ________ | (.... - 1913) m 1861 _Riou Thomas BENSON _______| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Mabel Caroline SIMMONDS _| | (.... - 1959) | | |_____________________ | | |--Mark Riou BENSON | | _____________________ | | | __________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Frances Elizabeth TALBOT _| | | _____________________ | | |__________________________| | |_____________________
One of the LITTLE AUNTS.
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Mary Elizabeth BENSON | | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
Tory parlimentarian for Wrekin Division - Unsuccessful.
still living - details excluded
_Ralph Beaumont BENSON _______+ | (1862 - 1911) m 1886 _George Reginald BENSON ________| | (1888 - 1961) m 1917 | | |_Caroline Essex CHOLMONDELEY _ | (.... - 1934) m 1886 _Riou BENSON ___________| | | | | ______________________________ | | | | |_Violet Martha Helena ESTORFFE _| | m 1917 | | |______________________________ | | |--Patrick Riou BENSON | | ______________________________ | | | ________________________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Elizabeth Mary GODBER _| | | ______________________________ | | |________________________________| | |______________________________
still living - details excluded
_Riou George BENSON _+ | (1834 - 1896) m 1861 _John Ingham BENSON ___| | (1880 - 1966) m 1909 | | |_Mary BROOKE ________ | (.... - 1913) m 1861 _John Lambert BENSON ______| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Mary Beatrice LEVETT _| | (.... - 1965) m 1909 | | |_____________________ | | |--Penelope Jill BENSON | | _____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Patricia Olive DICKINSON _| | | _____________________ | | |_______________________| | |_____________________
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Philip Hinton BENSON | (1870 - 1885) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| (.... - 1913) m 1861| | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________
Educated at Cheltenham and R.M.A.
_Moses George BENSON ___ | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _+ | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 _Riou Philip BENSON _| | (1863 - 1939) m 1897| | | ________________________ | | | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| | (.... - 1913) m 1861| | |________________________ | | |--Philip Riou BENSON | (1899 - 1927) | ________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Clara Helen CURRIE _| (.... - 1941) m 1897| | ________________________ | | |_____________________| | |________________________
Family notes say he was a Midshipman lost at sea when HMS Captain overturned and sank in the Bay of Biscay. This was the first British ship with revolving gun turrets. However, the disaster occurred on 07 sep 1870, and not on 11 jan 1866, the death date given in Burke's Landed Gentry. Further, Philip Benson is not on the list of casualties.
Ivar Romo, archivist at Shropshire, discovered the solution to this puzzle while cataloguing papers of the Benson family. Philip Henry Benson died in the wreck of the SS London, bound for New Zealand, in the Bay of Biscay, on 11 Jan 1866 (source: Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891, p 311). He was a partner in a cattle-rearing project in New Zealand (source: letters in the Benson collection, Shropshire Archives 809).
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Philip Riou Henry BENSON | (1842 - 1866) | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Ralph Augustus BENSON ______| | (1828 - 1886) m 1860 | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Philippa Jessie BENSON | (1866 - 1930) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Henrietta Selina COCKERELL _| (1837 - 1882) m 1860 | | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________
_Ralph Augustus BENSON ______+ | (1828 - 1886) m 1860 _Ralph Beaumont BENSON _______| | (1862 - 1911) m 1886 | | |_Henrietta Selina COCKERELL _ | (1837 - 1882) m 1860 _George Reginald BENSON ________| | (1888 - 1961) m 1917 | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_Caroline Essex CHOLMONDELEY _| | (.... - 1934) m 1886 | | |_____________________________ | | |--Ralph BENSON | (1919 - 1995) | _____________________________ | | | ______________________________| | | | | | |_____________________________ | | |_Violet Martha Helena ESTORFFE _| m 1917 | | _____________________________ | | |______________________________| | |_____________________________
Was the first Metropolitan Magistrate. He stood as Tory Candidate for the Wrekin Division of Shropshire (unsucessfully). He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Ralph Augustus BENSON | (1828 - 1886) | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
Educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford.
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Ralph Augustus BENSON ______| | (1828 - 1886) m 1860 | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Ralph Beaumont BENSON | (1862 - 1911) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Henrietta Selina COCKERELL _| (1837 - 1882) m 1860 | | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________
_Ralph Beaumont BENSON _______+ | (1862 - 1911) m 1886 _George Reginald BENSON ________| | (1888 - 1961) m 1917 | | |_Caroline Essex CHOLMONDELEY _ | (.... - 1934) m 1886 _Ralph BENSON ________| | (1919 - 1995) m 1947 | | | ______________________________ | | | | |_Violet Martha Helena ESTORFFE _| | m 1917 | | |______________________________ | | |--Richard George BENSON | (1950 - 1971) | ______________________________ | | | ________________________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Helen Mary VILLIERS _| (.... - 1951) m 1947 | | ______________________________ | | |________________________________| | |______________________________
still living - details excluded
_Ralph Augustus BENSON ______+ | (1828 - 1886) m 1860 _Ralph Beaumont BENSON _______| | (1862 - 1911) m 1886 | | |_Henrietta Selina COCKERELL _ | (1837 - 1882) m 1860 _George Reginald BENSON ________| | (1888 - 1961) m 1917 | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_Caroline Essex CHOLMONDELEY _| | (.... - 1934) m 1886 | | |_____________________________ | | |--Riou BENSON | | _____________________________ | | | ______________________________| | | | | | |_____________________________ | | |_Violet Martha Helena ESTORFFE _| m 1917 | | _____________________________ | | |______________________________| | |_____________________________
still living - details excluded
_Moses George BENSON ___ | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _+ | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 _John Ingham BENSON ___| | (1880 - 1966) m 1909 | | | ________________________ | | | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| | (.... - 1913) m 1861| | |________________________ | | |--Riou George BENSON | | ________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Mary Beatrice LEVETT _| (.... - 1965) m 1909 | | ________________________ | | |_____________________| | |________________________
Rector of Hope Bowdler, Shropshire
_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Riou George BENSON | (1834 - 1896) | _________________________ | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________| | | (.... - 1803) m 1799| | | |_________________________ | | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | _Etienne (Stephen) RIOU _+ | | (1720 - 1790) m 1757 |_Dorothy RIOU _______| (.... - 1855) m 1799| |_Dorothy DAWSON _________ (.... - 1801) m 1757
still living - details excluded
_George Reginald BENSON ________+ | (1888 - 1961) m 1917 _Riou BENSON ___________| | | | |_Violet Martha Helena ESTORFFE _ | m 1917 _Patrick Riou BENSON _| | | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth Mary GODBER _| | | | |________________________________ | | |--Riou Hugh Patrick BENSON | | ________________________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |________________________________ | | |_Victoria Rose HADOW _| | | ________________________________ | | |________________________| | |________________________________
Served in World War I, retired 1921, Officer Legion of Honour. Educated at Marlborough and R.M.A. Woolwich.
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Riou Philip BENSON | (1863 - 1939) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| (.... - 1913) m 1861| | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_Moses George BENSON ___ | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 _Riou George BENSON _| | (1834 - 1896) m 1861| | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _+ | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 _Geoffrey Ralph BENSON ___| | (.... - 1933) | | | ________________________ | | | | |_Mary BROOKE ________| | (.... - 1913) m 1861| | |________________________ | | |--Riou Thomas BENSON | | ________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Mabel Caroline SIMMONDS _| (.... - 1959) | | ________________________ | | |_____________________| | |________________________
_____________________ | _Moses George BENSON ___| | (1797 - 1871) m 1826 | | |_____________________ | _Ralph Augustus BENSON ______| | (1828 - 1886) m 1860 | | | _Lyde BROWNE ________ | | | (.... - 1803) m 1799 | |_Charlotte Riou BROWNE _| | (1801 - 1875) m 1826 | | |_Dorothy RIOU _______+ | (.... - 1855) m 1799 | |--Robert Edmund Ross BENSON | (1864 - 1927) | _____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Henrietta Selina COCKERELL _| (1837 - 1882) m 1860 | | _____________________ | | |________________________| | |_____________________