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Sir Christopher John Benson OAM DL (born 20 July 1933) is a British chartered surveyor and company director, formerly chairman of major companies and public bodies and a High Sheriff of Wiltshire. Benson was born in Staffordshire in 1933, the son of Charles Woodburn Benson, by his marriage to Catherine Clara Bishton. He trained as a chartered surveyor and became a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He was knighted in 1988. Also in 1988, he became a director of Sun Alliance and in 1993 was elected as its chairman. In 1997, he was appointed by the government to chair its Funding Agency for Schools.

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