Benjamin Pawling (c. 1749 – buried December 16, 1818) was a soldier, judge, political figure and publisher in Upper Canada.
His family's property was confiscated at the beginning of the American Revolution and he joined the British forces at Quebec City in 1777 with his occupation listed as farmer.
He sparsely attended hearings with the land board or the court and requested his resignation to the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada in 1793.
[1] On December 3, 1818, a person named Pawling was listed as a publisher and printer for the Niagara Spectator.
Later that month, Pawling was charged with libel over a letter published in the newspaper written by Robert Fleming Gourlay.