Background
Richard was born at Haveringland Hall in Norfolk, the third son of William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire and his wife, Emma, sister of Richard Benyon De Beauvoir of Englefield House in Berkshire.
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Richard Benyon
Edit ProfileMember of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Education
Street John"s College.
Career
He inherited this latter property (16,000 acres, worth 20,004 guineas rental per annum) and its associated estates upon his uncle"s death in 1854 and changed his name to Benyon. In 1857 he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire, and was the Chairman of the County"s Quarter Sessions in 1864. He was a patron of the anti-Mendicity Society, the National Society for School Furniture and the Society for the Augmentation of Small Livings.
Thereby Richard Fellowes Benyon"s great-grandson and eventual heir became Sir William Richard Benyon.
Membership
18th United Kingdom Parliament. 19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament.
21st United Kingdom Parliament]
Educated at Charterhouse and Saint John"s College, Cambridge, he was a member of Boodle"s, Carlton and Conservative London clubs.
In 1860 he was elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire, a position he held until his resignation in 1876.
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Born
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Died
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Nationality
United Kingdom -
Political Party
Conservative Party