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Percy Hugh Benson                                1852-1933
Percy was born 1 February 1852, the son of General Robson Benson and Maria Margaretha Hohne.
              (1st Wife)
Mary Eden Walker                                 1848-1895
Mary was born about 1848, the daughter of James Walker and Elizabeth B. Chapman, at Whitby, Yorkshire.
I have identified the following children.
  Percy Eden Born 30 May 1875   Mysuru, Karnataka, India  
Donald Robson Born 6 Dec 1876   Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)  
Margaretha Elizabeth Born 7 Dec 1877   Shimoga, Karnataka, India Married Sidney Laurie Wace
James Hugh Born 6 Mar 1881   Bangalore U, Karnataka, India  
Coralie Hohne Born 15 Sep 1889   Madras, India Married Arthur Lind Simpson

Birth of Parents
Percy Hugh Benson b: 1 Feb 1852         London       1852 1Q Wandsworth 1d 376
son of General Robson Benson and Maria Margaretha Hohne

Mary Eden Walker b: abt 1848     Yorkshire     1848 4Q Whitby 24 597
daughter of James Walker and Elizabeth B. Chapman
Marriage
abt 1874
Percy Hugh Benson
Mary Eden Walker 		    Yorkshire       1874 3Q Whitby 9d 669

Children
Percy Eden Benson b: 30 May 1875               Mysuru, Karnataka, India
son of Percy Hugh Benson and Mary Eden Walker
Donald Robson Benson b: 6 Dec 1876               Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Mary Eden Walker
Margaretha Elizabeth Benson b: 7 Dec 1877  c: 16 Dec 1877       Shomoga, Madras, India
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Mary Eden Walker
James Hugh Benson b: 6 Mar 1881         Bangalore U, Karnataka, India
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Mary Eden Walker
Coralie Hohne Benson b: 15 Sep 1889           Madras, India
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Mary Eden Walker

Death
Mary Eden (Walker) Benson Died 4 Feb 1895
LONDON   26 May 1904                         Probate
BENSON, Mary Eden - of Mysore, India (wife of Percy Hugh Benson) died 4 February 1895, Administration (Limited) London 26 May, to Colin James Simpson, stockjobber's clerk, the attorney of the said Percy Hugh Benson.   Effects £735 2s. 4d.


Katherine Ada Simpson                         1868-1948               (2nd Wife)
Katherine Ada Simpson was born 20 December 1868, the daughter of Clement Simpson and Annie ?, at Madras, India.
I have identified the following children.
  Katherine Mary Born 4 Apr 1897   Mysore, Madras, India  
Rowena Born 13 Sep 1898   Bangalore, Madras, India 

Birth of New Wife
Katherine Ada Simpson b: 20 Dec 1868  c: 4 Feb 1869       Madras, India
daughter of Clement Simpson and Annie ?

Marriage
29 Jun 1896
Percy Hugh Benson
Katherine Ada Simpson 		      Madras, India
Father: Robson Benson
Father: Clement Simpson

Katherine Mary Benson b: 4 Apr 1897  c: 9 May 1897             Mysore, Madras, India
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Katherine Ada Simpson
Rowena Benson b: 13 Sep 1898  c: 18 Oct 1898             Bangalore, Madras, India
daughter of Percy Hugh Benson and Katherine Ada Simpson

Death
Percy Hugh Benson Died 2 Apr 1933

The Times, Tuesday, Apr 4, 1933                         Death
  BENSON - On April 2, 1933, at his residence Santosha. St. Aubins, Jersey SURGEON-GENERAL C. H. Benson, late Indian Medical Service, aged 81.

The Times, Tuesday, Apr 4, 1933                     Obituaries
SURGEON-GENERAL BENSON
  Surgeon-General Percy Hugh Benson, late Indian Medical Service, who died on Sunday at his home, St. Aubins, Jersey, at the age of 81, was one of the last survivors of the staff of King Edward when, as Prince of Wales, he made an extensive tour in India close upon 60 years ago.
  A son of Lieutenant-General R. Benson, F.L.S., of the Indian Army, he was born in London on February 1, 1852. From Shrewsbury School he went to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he won the Treasurer's prize for senior practical anatomy. He was prosector of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1871, gained his membership in 1873, and in the same year graduated M.B. and C.M. at Aberdeen with honours. He passed fourth in the competitive I.M.S. examination of 1874. 		He was in medical charge of the Prince of Wale's camp in the autumn of the following year, and next did good service in Mysore in fighting the great famine which took heavy toll of life in Southern India in 1876-7. In 1881 he was selected to be Civil Surgeon and Superintendent of the jail, Mysore, and on the rendition of the State of the ruling family he was made Medical Officer to the Maharajah.
  In 1903 he went to Burma as Inspector-General of Hospitals and Principal Medical Officer of the Province. In 1908 he was made Surgeon-General with the Government of Madras, and in that capacity was a member of the Legislature. He was made Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy, and retired in 1911, being awarded a good service pension. In the War he volunteered for medical service on the Western Front, and was mentioned in dispatches. He was twice married, and had two sons and four daughters.


The British Medical Journal, April 15, 1933
DEATHS IN THE SERVICES
Surgeon-General Percy Hugh Benson, Madras Medical Service (ret.), died on April 2nd at St. Aubyns, Jersey, aged 81. He was born on February 1st, 1852, in London, the son of Lieut.-General R. Benson of the Indian Army, and was educated at Shrewsbury, at Bart's, where he won the treasurer's prize for senior practical anatomy, and at Aberdeen, where he graduated M.B. and C.M., with honours, in 1873; also taking the M.R.C.S. in the same year. Entering the I.M.S. as surgeon on March 31st, 1874, he reached the rank of colonel on October 11th, 1904, and surgeon-general of the Madras Medical Service on April 1st, 1908, retiring on July 26th, 1911. In 1875, soon after he went to India, he was in medical charge of the Prince of Wales' camp during his tour in India.   In 1876-7 he served 		in the Madras famine, and received the thanks of the Chief Commissioner of Mysore for his services. In 1881 he was appointed Civil Surgeon of Mysore, and on the rendition of that State to the Indian ruling family he was appointed medical officer to the maharaja. As colonel he filled the post of inspector general of hospitals in Burma. After retirement he served in France during the war of 1914-18, and was mentioned in dispatches. He received a good service pension on April 1st, 1908. He was twice married, and had two sons and four daughters. After retirement he did a good deal of work in the British Medical Association: he served on the Council from 1910 to 1917, was vice-president of the Section of Naval and Military Medicine at the Aberdeen Meeting of 1914, just before the war; and in 1923-4 was chairman of the Jersey Division.

Death
Katherine Ada (Simpson) Benson 4 Jun 1948, Age 79,       1948 Jun Croydon 5g 62

The Times, Tuesday, Jun 8, 1948                         Death
  BENSON - On June 4, 1948, peacefully, at a nursing home, Katherine Ada Benson, widow of Surgeon-General enson, Ceres, Woodhurst PArk, Oxted, late of Jersey. Funeral Oxted, 12.15, to-morrow (Wednesday)
LONDON   23 Oct 1948                         Probate
BENSON, Katherine Ada - of Ceres, Woodhurst Park, Oxted, Surrey, widow, died 4 June 1948. at 11 Birdhurst-road, Croydon, Surrey, Probate London 23 October, to Henry Porter Wolseley Hutson, general H.M. Army, and William Hoseason Smith, engineer.
  Effects £2,761 10s. 10d.