Benham (surname) explained

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

See also

• • Benham (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Benham Last Name Origin. The Internet Surname Database. 18 January 2021.
2. Book: Patrick Hanks

   . Hanks. Patrick. Patrick Hanks. Coates. Richard. Richard Coates. McClure. Peter. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. 2016. 978-0-19-252747-9. 964412220. 201. 18 January 2021.