Benham (surname)

Benham is an Anglo-Scottish locational surname, from Benham, Berkshire, or Binham, Norfolk.^[1]^[2] Notable people with the surname include:

Andrew E. K. Benham (1832–1905), American admiral
Charles Benham (1860–1929) Author, newspaper editor and amateur scientist
Chris Benham, cricketer
Ellen Ida Benham (1871–1917) science teacher in South Australia.
Flip Benham, Christian fundamentalist
Henry Washington Benham, 19th-century American soldier
Isabel Benham (1909–2013), American railroad finance expert
Jade Benham, Australian politician
Jane Benham Hay (1829–1904), English artist
Jessica Benham, American politician and disability rights activist
Joan Benham, actress.
John Lee Benham (1785–1864), founder of Benham & Sons of Wigmore Street, London, cooking apparatus manufacturers
- Edward Benham (died 1869), son of the above and founder of Benham & Co., printers of Colchester, Essex. Editor of Essex County Standard
  - Sir William Gurney Benham (1859–1944), elder son of the above, and his successor as proprietor of Benham & Co. Prolific author, High Steward of Colchester. Editor of Essex County Standard
    - Hervey Benham (1910–1987), his son. Author, particularly on marine topics. Editor of Essex County Standard
      - Jane Benham MBE (c. 1943 – 1992), his daughter, restorer of boats and associated
  - Charles Edwin Benham (1860–1929) of Colchester, Essex, journalist, author (particularly Essex ballads, 1st ed., 1895), and experimenter. Younger son of Edward, creator of Benham's top. Editor of Essex County Standard
Robert Benham (judge), Georgia Supreme Court Judge
Captain Robert Benham, early American pioneer, member of First Ohio Legislature
William Benham (1831–1910), English churchman and writer.
William Blaxland Benham (1860–1950), New Zealand zoologist and biologist
William Gurney Benham (1859–1944), English newspaper editor

References

^ "Surname Database: Benham Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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[The_Internet_Surname_Database-1] "Surname Database: Benham Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-2] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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Benham (surname)

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