George Benson (politician)

Sir George Benson (3 May 1889 – 17 August 1973) was a British Labour Party politician.

The son of T. D. Benson, Treasurer of the Independent Labour Party (ILP),[1] George was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, and became a clerk in an estate office. During the First World War he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector.[2] He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield from 1929 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1964.[2] He was knighted in 1958.

Benson wrote on financial matters and authored a book on the history of socialism. He was chairman of the Howard League for Penal Reform and a member of the Home Office Advisory Council on delinquency.[3]

Death

He died in Surrey in 1973, aged 83.

References

  • Craig, F.W.S (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester, England: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  1. Gordon Rose, The Struggle for Penal Reform, p.102
  2. History of the Labour Party in NE Derbyshire
  3. Corporal Punishment (Reference to Advisory Council); Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28th January 1960 on TheyWorkForYou.com
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Barnet Kenyon
Member of Parliament for Chesterfield
19291931
Succeeded by
Sir Roger Conant
Preceded by
Sir Roger Conant
Member of Parliament for Chesterfield
19351964
Succeeded by
Eric Varley
Party political offices
Preceded by
Philip Snowden
Treasurer of the Independent Labour Party
1923
Succeeded by
Charles Roden Buxton


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