{{short description|English industrialist and baronet (1850–1918)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Sir George Benjamin Hingley, 2nd Baronet,''' (9 September 1850–19 August 1918) was an English industrialist who was head of the large family firm N. Hingley and Sons Ltd from 1905 until his death in 1918.
== Life == George Benjamin Hingley, born 9 September 1850, was the son of Hezekiah Hingley and Fanny Georgina, daughter of William Thompson of Aigburth, Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/b24883797|title=Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage|publisher=Dean & Son|year=1903|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/b24883797/page/306 306]}}</ref> His grandfather, Noah Hingley had founded the firm N. Hingley and Sons, which during the nineteenth century became a large scale manufacturer of chain cables and anchors as well as a producer of iron. The company also operated coal mines. The family lived in the Liverpool area until the death of Hezekiah in 1865, when they moved to North Worcestershire.<ref name="Mallin1">{{cite book |last1=Kenneth |first1=Mallin |title=Noah Hingley |date=1998 |publisher=Privately published |isbn=0951042033 |page=4}}</ref> George attended Halesowen Grammar School.<ref name="Obit Birmingham Post">{{cite news |title=A NOTED BLACK COUNTRY IRONMASTER |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000033/19180821/119/0004 |access-date=5 October 2018 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |via=The British Newspaper Archive |date=21 August 1918|page=4|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
George Benjamin Hingley was active in the family-owned industries for many years, particularly after 1895 when his uncle Benjamin Hingley who had succeeded the founder, Noah, as head of the firm, became ill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB145_p_430/|title=N. Hingley & Sons Ltd, Washington Street, Netherton|website=blackcountryhistory.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-06|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140150/http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB145_p_430/|url-status=live}}</ref> George was head of the firm after 1905 on the death of his uncle, when he also succeeded to the baronetcy, first awarded to Benjamin Hingley.
He became Chairman of N. Hingley & Sons Ltd., as well as of the Harts Hill Iron Company and of Lloyds British Testing Company Ltd.<ref name="Obit Yorkshire Post"/>
At various times, he occupied the posts of Deputy-Lieutenant, magistrate, and County Councillor for Worcestershire.<ref name="Obit Yorkshire Post">{{cite news |title=Obituary. Sir George B. Hingley |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19180821/099/0005 |access-date=6 October 2018 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |via=The British Newspaper Archive |date=21 August 1918|page=5|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1911.
George Benjamin Hingley died on 19 August 1918 aged 67, at his residence, High Park, Droitwich.<ref name="Obit Birmingham Post"/><ref name="Place of death">{{cite news |title=The Court |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19180821/102/0004 |access-date=6 October 2018 |work=The Scotsman |via=The British Newspaper Archive |date=21 August 1918|page=4|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hingley, George Benjamin}} Category:English ironmasters Category:British businesspeople in the coal industry Category:1850 births Category:1918 deaths Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Category:High sheriffs of Worcestershire Category:Deputy lieutenants of Worcestershire Category:19th-century English businesspeople