Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel

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Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel, KBE (20 December 1858 - 13 June 1937) was a British politician.

Benn studied at Clifton College, then at Inner Temple. He became a managing director, then the British Vice-Consul to Mobile, Alabama.

Benn became active in the Conservative Party, and stood in Battersea at the 1906 UK general election. In 1907, he was elected to London County Council, a post he held for four years. He stood in Battersea again in January 1910. In December, he was instead elected at Plymouth.

Benn moved to represent Plymouth Drake in 1918, and in the same year was awarded the KBE. In 1921, he became the President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, a position he held until 1923, and also became the Chair of the National Unionist Association. In 1926 he was created a baronet. From 1927, he was the Director of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Benn lost his seat in 1929, and in 1931 was elected for Sheffield Park, but then lost this seat in 1935. In 1936, he was created Baron Glenravel.

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• Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by ?	Member of Parliament for Plymouth December 1910–1918	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Plymouth Drake 1918–1929	Succeeded by James John Hamlyn Moses
Preceded by George Lathan	Member of Parliament for Sheffield Park 1931–1935	Succeeded by George Lathan