Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley

The Lord Bingley
Portrait attributed to Godfrey Kneller
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
1711–1713
Preceded byThe Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Succeeded bySir William Wyndham
Personal details
Bornc 1676
Died(1731-04-09)9 April 1731
NationalityEnglish
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Occupationpolitician

Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, PC (c. 1676 – 9 April 1731) was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1713 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bingley and sat in the House of Lords. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1711 to 1713.


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