George_Benson_(British_politician)

George Benson (British politician)

George Benson (British politician)

British politician

For other people named George Benson, see George Benson (disambiguation).

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 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] and 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. [1]
    Gordon Rose, The Struggle for Penal Reform, p.102
  2. [2]
    "History of the Labour Party in NE Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. [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
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