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 , 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[]

^ "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

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Richard Hutton Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet	Member of Parliament for Knaresborough 1626–1629 With: Sir Richard Hutton, the younger 1	Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Knaresborough 1640–1641 With: Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet	Succeeded by Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet

[1] "BENSON, Henry (1578/9-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[2] Sir Henry Slingsby

[Willis-3] 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.

[4] The parliamentary or constitutional history of England Volume 9

[5] Robert Beatson A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament

[6] The Fairfax Correspondence

[7] Dearlove name

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