Sneha Girap (Editor)

George Benson (politician)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
George Benson

Party
  
Labour Party

Died
  
August 17, 1973

Role
  
Politician



Education
  
Manchester Grammar School

This masquerade george benson 1976


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

Contents

The son of T. D. Benson, Treasurer of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), 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. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield from 1929 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1964.

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.

Death

He died in Surrey in 1973, aged 83.

References

George Benson (politician) Wikipedia