* Steve Benbow on his album Songs of Ireland

Charles Benbow's son, Jesse Benbow, built a more refined Greek Revival four-square home in 1858 on land inherited from his father.

The album's lone guest is Rachel Benbow Murdy, band founder Mike Doughty's ex-girlfriend, who supplies a vocal on " Janine.

Benbow fought against France during the Nine Years War, serving on and later commanding several English vessels and taking part in the battles of Beachy Head, Barfleur and La Hogue in 1690 and 1692.

Benbow entered the Royal Navy on 30 April 1678, aged 25 years.

On Narborough's return to England, Herbert was appointed acting commander-in-chief, and made Benbow master aboard HMS Nonsuch on 15 June 1679.

Benbow was ordered to forfeit three months ' pay, amounting to £ 12 15s., to the Adventures crew, and to " ask Captain Booth's pardon on board His Majesty's ship Bristol, declaring that he had no malicious intent in speaking those words ; all the commanders being present, and a boat's crew of each ship's company ".

Benbow went aboard the 48-gun HMS Norwich and began the bombardment on 16 November.

Benbow drew back from Dunkirk, and instead sailed around to Calais, where he carried out a further bombardment on 27 September.

Benbow on the other hand was widely lauded for his fearless inshore attacks with his bomb vessels.

" Benbow was then appointed to the grand committee of sixty men to oversee the plans for Greenwich Hospital in December 1695, but the issue dragged on until 1 May 1696.

Benbow was made commander-in-chief of the King's ships in the West Indies on 9 March 1698 and instructed to tackle the issue of piracy.

Whetstone was made Rear-Admiral under Benbow, who had been promoted to Vice-Admiral of the White on 19 January 1702 By now the War of the Spanish Succession had broken out, and news of its declaration reached Benbow on 7 July.

The Ruby was disabled on 23 August, and Benbow ordered her to retire to Port Royal.

Benbow died at Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica on 4 November 1702.

Benbow signed a three-year lease on a house belonging to the diarist John Evelyn, Sayes Court, in June 1696.

Captain Benbow is prominently mentioned in " Down by the Sea ", the last song on Business as Usual, the 1981 album by Australian rock group Men at Work.

Benbow Lake State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, USA, established around a reservoir on the South Fork Eel River.

Among other distinctions, he is 2009 co-recipient of the George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology for the 2007 Psychological Science in the Public Interest monograph on sex differences in mathematics and science, co-authored with Halpern, Benbow, Gur, Hyde, and Gernsbacher,.

In addition to jazz and session work, Denny was also a keen contributor on the folk scene, working extensively with the brilliant folk singer and guitarist Steve Benbow.

The chase ensued until 24 August, with only Benbow, Walton and Samuel Vincent aboard HMS Falmouth making active efforts to bring the French to battle.

John Benbow ( 10 March 1653 – 4 November 1702 ) was an English officer in the Royal Navy.

The legend of ' Brave Benbow ', " Adml Benbow courageously commanding his Men to fight after his Leg was shattered to Pieces, St Martha ( West Indies ) 19 – 24 July 1702.

Here lyeth the Body of John Benbow, Esq., Admiral of the White, a true pattern of English Courage, who lost his life in Defence of his Queene & Country, November the 4th, 1702, In the 52nd year of his age, by a wound in his Legg.

* Admiral John Benbow ( 1653 – 1702 ) of the Royal Navy

* John Benbow ( 1653 – 1702 ), English admiral

* Jean Albert Bédé and William Benbow Edgerton.

Benbow received a letter from du Casse after the engagement:

After Whetstone had left, Benbow took his squadron and sailed for Cartagena, anticipating that either he or Whetstone would find Du Casse and bring him to battle.

Benbow summoned a council of war, and the other captains agreed, signing a paper drafted by Kirkby that declared that they believed " that after six days of battle the squadron lacked enough men to continue and that there was little chance of a decisive action, since the men were exhausted, there was a general lack of ammunition, the ships ' rigging and masts were badly damaged, and the winds were generally variable and undependable.

Supporters of the disgraced Kirkby and Wade sought to discredit Benbow by publishing their own account of the action.

Benbow was soon at sea again in March 1695, being appointed commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships which were then off the coast of France.

Benbow was given eight bomb vessels and seven or eight frigates and was dispatched down the coast.

During the convalescence which follows, he establishes a relationship with Narcissa Benbow, whom he marries.

Benbow is recognized in the crowd, which speaks of lynching him, too.

Whilst the name is similar to HMS Camperdown, the physical description — " one bow-gun of a hundred ton / and a great stern-gun beside " — is closer to that of her sister ship the Benbow, which was built with an experimental armament.

Drummond and Bagguley helped plan a march to London to present such a petition, holding meetings along the way and encouraging others to join the demonstration, and these plans were announced by William Benbow at a public meeting in Manchester on 3 March, at which the hope was expressed that the marchers would be 20, 000 strong.

On 14 October 1986, Fraser, then the Chairman of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, was found in the foyer of the Admiral Benbow Inn, a seedy Memphis hotel, wearing nothing but a towel and confused as to where his trousers were.

William Faulkner's character " Narcissa " in Sanctuary, sister of Horace Benbow, was also named after Narcissus.

Preparation for this process began in 1983, and editorial work started the following year under the administrative direction of Timothy J. Benbow, with John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner as co-editors.

* Benbow, Audrey.

He and Admiral John Benbow, commander of the smaller British fleet, avoided one another, and Château-Renault eventually escorted home the Spanish treasure fleet from Vera Cruz that met its end at Vigo Bay.

* November 4 – John Benbow, English admiral ( b. 1653 )

* Steve Benbow ( 29 November 1931 – 17 November 2006 ) was a British folk guitar player, singer and music director.

Through the Benbow family, Oak Ridge has also been associated with the early development of the state's textile industry.

Charles Benbow and his brother-in-law, Jesse Saunders, established Benbow & Co. in 1837 to operate the Cross Creek Textile Mill in Fayetteville.

Charles's son, Jesse Benbow, was known as a progressive farmer who introduced mechanized agriculture with the reaper and wheat drill to the area.

Legend suggests that Jesse Benbow hid slaves in his house along the abolitionist " Underground Railroad " heading north.

The Charles Benbow House, one of the earliest surviving structures in the District, is a two-story Flemish bond brick home of traditional Quaker plan with eclectic vernacular detailing, including Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival elements.

West of the campus and just east of the Charles Benbow House, around the intersection of Oak Ridge Road and Linville Road, is an important collection of architectural styles including the 1863 log I-house belonging originally to the Moore family, the 1898 Neoclassical Robert M. Stafford House with its large vernacular doric-style columns, the 1924 National Folk side gable J. F.

Officers were mayor J. H Johnson ; commissioners Dr. Evan Benbow, J. H.