Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Stansgate
Director of Parliamentary Affairs for the Society of Biology
Personal details
Born Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn
(1951-08-21) 21 August 1951
Children
  • Emily, born 4 October 1989
  • Daniel, born 1991
Alma mater Keele University

Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (born 21 August 1951) is Director of Parliamentary Affairs for the Society of Biology.[1]

His father, Tony Benn, and younger brother, Hilary Benn, have both been senior Labour politicians. His mother was Caroline Benn and his sister is Melissa Benn, a feminist writer. He is a graduate of Keele University. He was an elected Member of the Inner London Education Authority from 1986 to 1990.

He has a daughter, Emily, born in 1989, and a son, Hon. Daniel John Wedgwood Benn, born in 1991. Emily, an investment banker by occupation, is pursuing a political career, and sits on the Croydon London Borough Council as a Labour member.

In 2011, he was appointed director of parliamentary affairs for the Society of Biology after spending two decades in a similar role for the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Benn succeeded to the title of Viscount Stansgate on the death of his father in March 2014.

References

  1. "Society of Biology". societyofbiology.org/about-us/our-team.


Peerage of the United Kingdom
Disclaimed
Title last held by
Tony Benn
Viscount Stansgate
2014–present
Incumbent
Heir:
Daniel Benn (b. 1991)
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