Family
He married, on 27 September 1797, Elizabeth the only daughter of Sir Francis Sykes, Bart, of Basildon Park in Berkshire. This lady died on the 29 October 1822. As they had no children, when Richard died on 22 March 1854, his estates were inherited by his nephew, Richard Fellowes, the son of to William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire, who also took on the name of Benyon.
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