Benjamin Hingley

Sir Benjamin Hingley, 1st Baronet, DL (11 September 1830 – 13 May 1905) was an English ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1895.

He was Chairman of the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire Ironmasters Association.

Hingley lived at Hatherton Lodge, Cradley, where he died on 13 May 1905, and was buried at Halesowen Church Yard.

[6] A blue plaque on the site of Hatherton Lodge commemorates Noah and Benjamin.

Hingley laid the foundation stone for the Methodist Church in Birmingham Street, which has since been converted to a bar and restaurant called "Benjamin's".