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WWII aircraft shot down)<br><b>Wife:</b> Caroline de Camp (m. 17-Jun-1949, d. 22-Nov-2000, three sons, one daughter)<br><b>Son:</b> Stephen<br><b>Son:</b> <a href="/people/848/000141425/">Hilary Benn</a> (Labour MP, b. 26-Nov-1953)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Melissa<br><b>Son:</b> Joshua<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/136/000104821/">Westminster School</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">MA, New College, Oxford University (1949)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/981/000164489/">UK Secretary of State for Energy</a> (1975-79)<br> <a href="/gov/082/000051926/">UK Minister</a> Secretary of State for Industry:(1974-75)<br> <a href="/gov/082/000051926/">UK Minister</a> of Technology (1966-70)<br> <a href="/gov/756/000047615/">UK Member of Parliament</a> for Chesterfield (1984-2001)<br> <a href="/gov/973/000164481/">UK Postmaster General</a> (1964-66)<br> <a href="/gov/756/000047615/">UK Member of Parliament</a> for Bristol South East (1963-83)<br> <a href="/gov/756/000047615/">UK Member of Parliament</a> for Bristol South East (1950-61)<br> <a href="/org/531/000091258/">Fabian Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/399/000128015/">Labour Party (UK)</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>, <a href="/lists/786/000167285/">Pacemaker</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/758/000385600/">Ethos (10-Feb-2011)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/773/000269963/">Taking Liberties (8-Jun-2007)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/923/000140503/">Sicko (19-May-2007)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Arguments for Socialism</i> (<tt>1979</tt>)<br><i>Arguments for Democracy</i> (<tt>1981</tt>)<br><i>Common Sense</i> (<tt>1993</tt>, with Andrew Hood)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=86942"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=86942">Tony Benn</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=86942" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>