Benjamin Way Explained

Benjamin Way (1740–1808) of Denham Place was an English politician, Member of Parliament for in 1765.^{[1] [2]}

The son of Lewis Way F.R.S., director of the South Sea Company by his third wife Abigail, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1758. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, elected 1771, and of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He acted as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1777; was President of Guy's Hospital; and was Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company.^{[1] [3] [4]}

Family

By his wife Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Cooke, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, he had seven sons and nine daughters.^[1] Lewis Way was the second son. Gregory Holman Bromley Way was the fifth son.^{[5] [6]} His daughter Catherine married Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt. (b. 20 Mar 1772, d. 10 Mar 1831).

Notes and References

1. Book: Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. 1871. Harrison. 1481.
2. Web site: Way, Benjamin (1740-1808), of Denham Place, Bucks. History of Parliament Online. 21 August 2014.
3. https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=23&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27Way%27%29 Royal Society Database, Way, Benjamin (1740 - 1808)
4. [s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Way, Benjamin (1)]
5. Way, Arthur. 60.
6. Way, Gregory Holman Bromley. 60.