William Bensley

Sir William Bensley, 1st Baronet (1737 – 17 December 1809) was an English director of the East India Company.

Judged honest by Barwell, he made money as station custom master, according to Philip Francis.

[4] Back in England, Bensley associated with "nabobs" such as Francis Sykes and Richard Becher (died 1782), and was a supporter of Warren Hastings as a potential reformer.

[9] When the impoverished Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was given an East India Company post in 1809, it was through Bensley's patronage.

[citation needed] Robert Bensley inherited from Sir William, an estate that was reported as worth £4,000 per year.

Monument in Bletchingley Church to Sir William Bensley and his wife Mary, by John Bacon