| Authorised form of name | Cabbell; Benjamin Bond (1781 - 1874) |
| Dates | 1781 - 1874 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Vere Street, London, England |
| Date of birth | 1781 |
| Place of death | 39 Chapel Street, Marylebone Road, London |
| Date of death | 09 December 1874 |
| Occupation | Politician and Philanthropist |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster; matriculated at orile College Oxford (1800) leaving in 1803 without a degree.
Career:
Called to the Bar, Middle Temple (1816), Bencher (1850); pracised on the Western Circuit. Member of Parliament for St Albans (1846-1847) and Boston (1847-1857); Justice of the Peace for Norfolk, Middlesex and Westminster;Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex (1852); High Sheriff, Norfolk (1854). Benefactor of good causes, including funding the first lifeboat station, Cromer and providing the first 34 foot self-righting lifeboat stationed there and named after him.
Vice President, Royal Institution
Freemason, initiated 22 June 1825, Lodge of Antiquity No 2, London.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/01/1837 |
| Source | Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010, page 15 |
| Code | NA2541 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1837/01 | Cabbell, Benjamin Bond: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |