BENFIELD, Paul (1741-1810), of Woodhall Park, Watton Woodhall, Herts.

Family and Education

bap. 25 Jan. 1741, 1st s. of John Benfield, carpenter and joiner, of Cheltenham, Glos. by Anne, da. of Rev. Stephen Cull of Cranham, Glos. m. 7 Sept. 1793, Mary Frances, da. of Henry Swinburne of Hamsterley, co. Dur., 1s. surv. 2da.

Offices Held

Lt. E.I. Co. service, asst. engineer and civil architect, Madras 1764 – 69; writer 1765; engineer, Black Town 1768; dismissed 1769, but re-adm.; factor 1771, suspended 1772; jun. merchant and banker to nawab of Carnatic 1774; sen. merchant 1776, suspended 1777; returned to England 1778; returned to India 1781; member of the comm. of assigned revenue 1781; suspended 1788, returned to England.

Parlimentarian

BENFIELD, Paul (1741-1810), of Wood Hall Park, Watton, Herts.

Main residence: Woodhall Park, Watton Woodhall, Herts.

Author

R.G.T.

Volume

Commons 1790-1820

Web Title

BENFIELD, Paul (1741-1810)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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