George Benson (1 September 1699 Great Salkeld – 6 April 1762 London) was an English Presbyterian pastor and theologian who was noted for his publications on the Christian epistles.
According to Alexander Balloch Grosart, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, Benson's views were "Socinian" though at this period the term is often confused with Arian.
Benson received a classical education and attended an academy run by Thomas Dixon at Whitehaven for one year.
In 1729 he left Abingdon and moved back to London; his congregation had grown dissatisfied with Benson's increasingly Arminian views.
Benson was considering giving up the ministry for a medical career when he received an invitation to become the pastor of a congregation in King John's Court, in the Southwark borough of London.
The University of Glasgow had planned to confer the same honor, but one professor derailed it, calling Benson an avowed Socinian (Biog.
One of these tracts, giving a severe account of John Calvin's conduct towards Servetus, gave considerable offence.