David Holford Benson, who died 17 October, 2023, aged 85, was a scion of the landed gentry family of Stanway House.
He was born 26 February, 1938, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Reginald Lindsay (Rex) Benson, DSO, MVO, MC (1889-1968), of Cucumber Farm, Singleton, near Chichester, Sussex, and his wife, Leslie (1907-81), former wife of Condé Montrose Nast (1873-1942), and daughter of Albert Volney Foster (1877-1950), of Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, and his wife the former Grace Isabelle Lindsay (1886-1908); and married 17 October, 1964, the Lady Elizabeth Mary Charteris (born 2 July, 1941), eldest child of the 12th Earl of Wemyss & March (1912-2008), and his 1st wife the former Mavis Lynette Gordon Murray (1911-1988), by whom he had issue, a son, Matthew James (born 26 June, 1966), and two daughters, Henrietta Katherine (born 29 March, 1969), and Katharine Emma (born 7 May, 1972).
He died on his 59th wedding anniversary.
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