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Herbert Sydney Benson

(Born: 1880)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


1881

Census

Address: Shield Row Hall, Tanfield

(Ref: RG11/4941/113/41)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
BENSON, Thomas  40 Head Mar General Practitioner MRCS LRCP  NBL: Corbridge
BENSON, Sarah Jane  35 Wife Mar   NBL: Hexham
BENSON, William A.  9 Son Scholar  DUR: Lanchester
BENSON, Tom Charles  5 Son Scholar  DUR: Lanchester
BENSON, Ernest G. D.  4 Son Scholar  DUR: Lanchester
BENSON, Florence May  3 Dau   DUR: Lanchester
BENSON, Oswald  2 Son   DUR: Lanchester
BENSON, Herbert S.  1 Son   DUR: Lanchester
PEARSON, Mary H.  25 Sister In Unn Governess  NBL: Hexham
MACPHEE, Ewen C.  24 Boarder Unn Medical Student  SCT: Inverness
GOOCH, Elizabeth Ann  24 Serv Unn General Servant  NFK: Hampnell
SHEPHERD, Elizabeth  17 Serv Unn Nurse  DUR: Chester Le St


1903

Managers Certificate

12 September 1903, Certificate Number: 2,276 (1st), District: Durham

Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80)


1914

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1918

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1919

Membership

1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Seaton Burn Colliery, Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland.


1921

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1923

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1924

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1925

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1927

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1929

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1930

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1934

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1935

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Dinnington   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Seaton Burn   Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd.


1944

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Gloria   Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.


1945

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Gloria   Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.


1947

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Gloria   National Coal Board (N.C.B.)


1948

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Gloria   National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Manager:   Gloria   National Coal Board (N.C.B.)


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1918 List of Mines
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920

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