Ralph Benson (1773 – 23 October 1845) was a British politician.
Biography Benson was one the first mixed-race Members of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. His father Moses Benson was a British West Indies merchant who was involved in the Liverpool slave trade. His mother Judith Powell was a freed slave. She was classified as mulatto and was the mother of Moses Bensons four children. He sat for the constituency of Stafford.https://d6.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/benson-ralph-1773-1845
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List of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom List of MPs elected in the 1826 United Kingdom general election List of MPs elected in the 1812 United Kingdom general election