Henry Benson (MP)
Henry Benson (c.1578 – 1643) of Knaresborough, Yorkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1641.[1]
He was born the son of Peter Benson, a Knaresborough yeoman farmer.
Benson was Deputy Steward of Knaresborough.[2] In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Knaresborough. He was re-elected in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[3]
In April 1640, Benson was re-elected MP for Knareborough in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.[3] However he was expelled from the House of Commons by vote on 2 November 1641 for selling protections to men who were not his servants.[4] Benson declared that there was no better replacement for him than his son-in-law William Deerlove, although Deerlove's election was declared void.[5]
Benson took arms for the King and in February 1642 was reported to be occupying Plumpton tower near Knaresborough with two cannon.[6]
Benson married Elizabeth Deerlove, widow of John Deerlove, at Knaresborough in 1633.[7] They had no children.
References[edit]
- ^ "BENSON, Henry (1578/9-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Sir Henry Slingsby
- ^ a b Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ The parliamentary or constitutional history of England Volume 9
- ^ Robert Beatson A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament
- ^ The Fairfax Correspondence
- ^ Dearlove name