Rex Benson (mai banki)

Laftanar Kanar Sir Reginald Lindsay Rex Benson, DSO, MVO, MC (20 ga Agusta 1889 - 26 Satumba 1968)  ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan ƙasar Ingila kuma jami'in soja.

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haife shi a Mayfair, ɗan ɗan kasuwa kuma mai tara kayan fasaha Robert Henry Benson da matarsa Evelyn Mary, 'yar mai tara kayan fasaha kuma ɗan siyasa Robert Stayner Holford . Bayan ya halarci Makarantar Ludgrove da Eton (inda ya kasance kyaftin na wasan kurket kuma shugaban Pop), ya tafi Kwalejin Balliol, Oxford, amma ya tafi bayan shekara guda a 1909 don zama soja tare da Life Guards . 

Shi ne babban ɗan'uwan Constantine Evelyn Benson CBE DSO .

 Aikin soja 
Benson ya zama babban soja tare da Sarakunan Sarauta na 9 a shekara mai zuwa kuma an naɗa shi mataimakin mataimakin Viceroy na Indiya a 1913. Ya koma rundunarsa lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya ya ɓarke kuma ya yi aiki a Faransa a yaƙe-yaƙen Aisne, Ypres da Messines ; saboda halayensa a ƙarshen, an ba shi kyautar Gicciyen Soja . A 1915, an yi masa iskar gas da rauni a lokacin Yaƙin Ypres na Biyu kuma aka mayar da shi Ingila don magani. Bayan ya warke sosai, an naɗa shi jami'in hulɗa da Ministan Ruwa na Faransa, amma ba bisa ƙa'ida ba ne wakilin shugaban rundunar leƙen asiri ta Burtaniya . Bayan ya yi aiki a Ireland a lokacin tashin Easter (1916), ya koma Faransa a matsayin jami'in hulɗa da farko tare da Janar Franchet D'Esperay sannan kuma tare da Marshal Petain ; gwamnatin Faransa ta ba shi Croix de Guerre kuma ta naɗa shi memba na Légion d'honneur . Da yaƙin ya ƙare, ya zama Babban Jami'in Jakadancin Birtaniya a Taron Zaman Lafiya na Paris na 1919. Bayan an ɗaukaka shi zuwa Manjo a 1920, Benson ya zama Sakataren Soja na Gwamnan Bombay, kuma ya taimaka wajen shirya rangadin Yariman Wales na 1922. Daga baya ya yi murabus daga aikin Soja, amma Firayim Minista David Lloyd George ya sanya shi a wani aiki na sirri don yin ciniki da Tarayyar Soviet. Ya sayar da shayi da sauran kayayyaki har zuwa £10,000, wanda ya fitar da su cikin takalmansa. 

 Banki da diflomasiyya 
A shekarar 1924, an sake tsara kamfanin bankin iyalin, Robert Benson &amp; Co, ta yadda Benson ya zama abokin tarayya; kamfanin ya fuskanci kariyar Amurka sosai, wanda ya zama bala'i bayan faduwar Wall Street, ofisoshinsu sun kasance babu kowa na wani lokaci. Duk da haka, a shekarar 1934, kamfanin ya dawo da mafi yawan jarinsa da ya ɓace; Benson ya kula da amincin Ingila da New York sosai har ya ga darajarsa kusan ninki biyu tsakanin 1928 da 1935, duk da faduwar da ta yi jim kaɗan bayan afkuwar hatsarin. Ya yi tafiye-tafiyen kasuwanci zuwa Arewacin Amurka, yana ɗaukar jarin Amurka iri-iri, kuma a shekarar 1936 ya gaji babban ɗan'uwansa a matsayin shugaban kamfanin. Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya katse aikinsa, lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in haɗin gwiwa ga Rundunar Sojan Faransa ta Farko har zuwa lokacin da aka kwashe su daga Dunkirk, sannan kuma a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Kula da Katako ta Haɗin gwiwa a 1940, sannan daga 1941 a matsayin Jami'in Soja a Ofishin Jakadancin Burtaniya da ke Washington . Bayan yaƙin, ya ci gaba da zama shugaban Benson's, yana kula da haɗin gwiwar da Lonsdale Investment Trust don kafa Robert Benson Lonsdale & Co. An ba shi lambar yabo ta jarumi a shekarar 1958 saboda aikinsa na Ma'ajin Girmamawa ga Ƙungiyar Masu Magana da Turanci . A watan Maris mai zuwa, ya yi ritaya daga shugabancin RBL, amma ya ci gaba da zama a kwamitin gudanarwa har zuwa 1961.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1968
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