About George Benson
Lived 1889 – 1973 (aged 84). George Benson was a British 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), 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. and was knighted in 1958. George was the grandfather of Paddy Benson.
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.
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British politician and activist
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George Benson was born on 3 May 1889.
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George Benson died on 17 August 1973.
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