Background
He was born Richard Benyon in Westminster on 28 April 1769, the son of Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall in Essex and his wife, Hannah the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, Bart, of Breamore House in Hampshire. Richard Benyon Senior was the son of Richard Benyon, the Governor of Fort St George and his wife, Mary the daughter of Francis Tyssen of Balones House in Hackney and widow of Powlett Wrighte of Englefield House in Berkshire, a grandson of Sir Nathan Wrighte, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.
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