Benjamin Way (1740–1808) of Denham Place was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Bridport in 1765.
[1][2] The son of Lewis Way F.R.S., director of the South Sea Company by his third wife Abigail, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1758.
He acted as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1777; was President of Guy's Hospital; and was Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company.
[1][3][4] By his wife Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Cooke, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, he had seven sons and nine daughters.
[5][6] His daughter Catherine married Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt.