Richard Benyon (1698 - abt. 1774)

Born 26 Nov 1698 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Tyssen) Benyon — married 18 Jul 1745 in Mercer's Chapel London England

Descendants

Died about Oct 1774 at about age 75 in Margaretting, Essex, England

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Biography

Orphaned at 10, he was sent out to India to join the East India Company, where he rose to serve as Governor of Fort St George, Madras, from 1735 to 1744 and married and buried two wives. He returned to England with a large fortune, married an heiress Mary Tyssen in 1745 and purchased Gidea Hall in Essex. He had one son, Richard. He died in 1774 and is buried at Margaretting, Essex. His descendants later inherited Englesfield House in Berkshire and live there to this day.

• Fact: Burial (4 October 1774) Margaretting, Essex, England

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 November 2012, 05:17), entry for Richard Benyon(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MBGD-5M7); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 October 2017, 21:38), entry for Richard Benyon(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVS3-2PX); contributed by various users.

Wikipedia Entry

Bernard Burke “A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain” 1858 p.76

David Nash Ford “Englefield House”