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Godfrey Rathbone Benson

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 6 November 1864

Died: 3 February 1945

Peerages

1st Baron Charnwood - 29 June 1911

son of William Benson

son of Elizabeth Soulsby Smith

husband of Dorothea Mary Roby Thorpe

father of John Roby Benson

Education

Winchester College

Balliol College, Oxford   (- 1887)

Elections fought

21 April 1891		Woodstock	Liberal Party	3,760	45.81
12 July 1892		Woodstock	Liberal Party	4,278	50.66
20 July 1895		Woodstock	Liberal Party	3,740	44.48
4 October 1900		St Pancras West	Liberal Party	1,553	32.54
19 January 1906		Bewdley	Liberal Party	2,718	31.49