Benjamin Way

Benjamin Way (1740–1808) of Denham Place was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Bridport 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).