Benjamin Stanhope (Bennie) Cohen (1857–1926)
The death is announced by cable on January 8, at 11 Stanley crescent, Notting Hill, London, of Mr. Bennie S. [Benjamin Stanhope] Cohen, eldest son of the late Hon. Edward Cohen, of East Melbourne, aged 68 years, who for many years represented East Melbourne in the Legislative Assembly, and was Minister of Customs and Mayor of Melbourne. For some years Mr. Cohen was a member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, and he founded the London firm of Bennie S. Cohen & Son, of Lloyds. Mr. Cohen leaves a widow, son, and daughter. His brother is Mr. Arthur Cohen (W. D. and H. O. Wills), and his three sisters are Mrs. A. D. Hart, Mrs. John Jacobs, and Mrs. Montague Cohen, all of Melbourne.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- birth notice, Age (Melbourne), 11 December 1857, p 4
- death notice, Argus (Melbourne), 12 January 1926, p 1
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Cohen, Edith Elizabeth (wife)
- Cohen, Rebecca (mother)
- Cohen, Edward Aaron (father)
- Marks, Miriam (sister)
- Hart, Elizabeth (sister)
- Jacobs, Catherine (sister)
- Cohen, Annie (sister)
- Cohen, Nathan Edward (brother)
- Cohen, Henry (brother)
- Cohen, Arthur Isaac (brother)
- Cohen, Violet (sister-in-law)
- Marks, Alexander (brother-in-law)
- Hart, Alfred David (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Montague (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, John (brother-in-law)
- Simmons, Nancy (aunt)
- Cohen, Sophia (aunt)
- Marks, Hannah (aunt)
- Nathan, Caroline (aunt)
- Hart, Rachel (aunt)
- Solomon, Frances (aunt)
- Levy, Jane (aunt)
- Cohen, Samuel Henry (uncle)
- Cohen, Philip (uncle)
- Cohen, Joseph (uncle)
- Cohen, Lewis (uncle)
- Cohen, William (uncle)
- Benjamin, Benjamin (uncle)
- Cohen, Eliza (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Mary (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Jessie (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Sarah (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Mary (aunt by marriage)
- Benjamin, Frances (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Abraham (uncle by marriage)
- Nathan, Arthur Isaac (uncle by marriage)
- Marks, Solomon (uncle by marriage)
- Levy, David Lawrence (uncle by marriage)
- Solomon, Henry (uncle by marriage)
- Hart, Isaac (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Elizabeth (grandmother)
- Benjamin, Catherine (grandmother)
- Cohen, Henry Simeon (grandfather)
- Benjamin, Moses (grandfather)
- Levy, Gwendoline (niece)
- Theomin, Gladys (niece)
- Cohen, Elma (niece)
- Gollin, Beryl (niece)
- Brash, Nola (niece)
- Cohen, Madge (niece)
- Kaye, Joyce Cecile (niece)
- Marks, Reginald Henry (nephew)
- Hart, Rupert Alfred (nephew)
- Cohen, Harold Edward (nephew)
- Jacobs, Charles John (nephew)
- Jacobs, Keith John (nephew)
- Levy, Septimus Raphael (nephew by marriage)
- Cohen, Samuel Sydney (nephew by marriage)
- Simmons, Sarah (cousin)
- Simmons, James (cousin)
- Cohen, Rosa (cousin)
- Marks, Adolphus (cousin)
- Cohen, Rosa (cousin)
- Cohen, Frederick Sydney (cousin)
- Hoffnung, Elisabeth (cousin)
- Benjamin, Frances (cousin)
- Cohen, George (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry Emanuel (cousin)
- Katzenstein, Frances (cousin)
- Frankel, Annie (cousin)
- Cohen, Nathan (cousin)
- Marks, David (cousin)
- Marks, Charlotte (cousin)
- Joseph, Caroline (cousin)
- Nathan, Lewis Arthur (cousin)
- Samuel, Hannah (cousin)
- Nathan, Walter Isaac (cousin)
- Marks, Benjamin Francis (cousin)
- Simmons, Sophia (cousin)
- Cohen, Sarah (cousin)
- Nathan, Arthur Hyam (cousin)
- Cohen, Sara (cousin)
- Nathan, David (cousin)
- Cohen, Baby (cousin)
- Blaubaum, Agnes Rebecca (cousin)
- Marks, Jane Matilda (cousin)
- Barnett, Esther (cousin)
- Cohen, Baby (cousin)
- de Lissa, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Benjamin, Miriam (cousin)
- Braham, Rose Heinz (cousin)
- Nathan, Edward Lionel (cousin)
- Simmons, Jane (cousin)
- Cohen, Nathaniel (cousin)
- Fraser, Fanny (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry Richard (cousin)
- Nathan, Sarah (cousin)
- Marienthal, Frances (cousin)
- Solomon, Benjamin Henry (cousin)
- Roth, Esther (cousin)
- Cohen, James Lewis (cousin)
- Simmons, Miriam Louise (cousin)
- Isaacs, Alice Anne (cousin)
- Jacobs, Sarah (cousin)
- Solomon, Edward (cousin)
- Nathan, Henry (cousin)
- Edwards-Dresser, Sara (cousin)
- Jacobs, Fanny (cousin)
- Cohen, Rose (cousin)
- Solomon, Alice (cousin)
- Benjamin, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Cohen, Edward Meyer (cousin)
- Cohen, Hannah (cousin)
- Rintel, Sophia Elizabeth (cousin)
- Cohen, Benjamin Henry (cousin)
- Blaine, Edward (cousin)
- Solomon, Lionel (cousin)
- Cohen, Julia (cousin)
- Nathan, Sidney Jacob (cousin)
- Frankel, Minnie (cousin)
- Solomon, Louis (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry Samuel (cousin)
- Solomon, Percy Selwyn (cousin)
- Cohen, Arthur Louis (cousin)
- Smith, Elizabeth Annie (cousin)
- Cohen, Albert Henry (cousin)
- Cohen, Herbert (cousin)
- Cohen, Edward (cousin)
- Cohen, Maud (cousin)
- Myers, Annette (cousin)
- Cohen, Nathan Sydney (cousin)
- Cohen, Adolphus John (cousin)
- Cohen, Amy (cousin)
- Cohen, Rebecca May (cousin)
- Solomon, Edmund (cousin)
- Solomon, Ida Florence (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry (cousin)
- Cohen, Amy Louise (cousin)
- Cohen, Aaron (cousin)
- Valentine, Flora Sophia (cousin)
- Solomon, Ernest Neville (cousin)
- Solomon, John (cousin)
- Cohen, Edward George Maddocks (cousin)
- Cohen, Violet (cousin)
- Cohen, Nathan Edward (cousin)
- Cohen, Frank Septimus (cousin)
- Solomon, Louisa Ada (cousin)
- Cohen, Maude (cousin)
- Rodd, Elizabeth Maud (cousin)
- Collier, Beatrice Estelle (cousin)
- Cohen, Ernest (cousin)
- Cohen, Harry Percival (cousin)
- Cohen, William Frederick (cousin)
- Solomon, Isabel Linda (cousin)
- Cohen, Albert (cousin)
- Solomon, Arthur Julian (cousin)
- Frankel, Estella Myra (cousin)
Citation details
'Cohen, Benjamin Stanhope (Bennie) (1857–1926)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cohen-benjamin-stanhope-bennie-20739/text31520, accessed 26 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
10 December,
1857
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
8 January,
1926
(aged 68)
London,
Middlesex,
England
Cause of Death
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