Background
The son of Technology 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.
The son of Technology 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 died in Surrey in 1973, aged 83.
Benson was an author on financial matters and of a book on the history of socialism.
37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament.
40th United Kingdom Parliament.
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He served as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Chesterfield 1929-1931 and 1935-1964.
He was chairman of the Howard League for Penal Reform and a member of the Home Office Advisory Council on delinquency.