Thomas Benyon (1763)

Born Aug 1763 in Ash Magna, Whitchurch, Shropshire

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Daltera) Benyon — married 30 Mar 1798 in St George, Liverpool, Lancashire

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Leeds, Yorkshire

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Biography

5xGreat grandfather of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.

Of Gledhow Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire. He was a merchant & draper in Shrewsbury, but later moved his business to Leeds, where he established a modern linen mill. he married Jane Daltera (d 1828), and they had six children: Thomas, Joseph, Henry Bonbonus (d 1849), Mary, Emma and Jane Lydia (d 1826).

Sources

Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] vol. 3 p. 1306*; vol. 9 p. 4658*.

Familiae minorum gentium, diligentia, Hunter, Joseph, and John William Clay, [Harleian Society], 1894-1896), vol. 1 p. 414*.