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About William Benson
William Benson was a talented amateur architect and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1719. In 1718, he arranged to displace the aged Sir Christopher Wren as Surveyor of the King's Works, but his short time in that post was not a success.
Everything about William Benson →- Occupation
- architect, politician
- Position held
- member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain, Surveyor of the Works, High Sheriff of Wiltshire
- Citizenship
- England
- Born
- 1682
- Died
- February 2, 1754