Peter Benenson refused all honours for most of his life, but in his 80s, largely to please his family, he accepted the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001.
13 Facts About Peter Benenson
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Benenson was born in London to a large Jewish family, the only son of British-born Harold Solomon and Russian-born Flora Benenson; Peter Benenson adopted his mother's maiden name later in life.
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Peter Benenson took his mother's maiden name of Benenson acceding to his dying grandfather's wishes, the Russian financier Grigori Benenson.
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Peter Benenson enrolled for study at Balliol College, Oxford, but World War II interrupted his education.
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Peter Benenson served in the Intelligence Corps at the Ministry of Information, where he met his first wife, Margaret Anderson.
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Peter Benenson worked at Bletchley Park during World War II in the Testery.
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Peter Benenson is listed as RSM Benenson in Room 41 as a cryptographer.
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Peter Benenson was one of a group of British lawyers who, in 1957, founded JUSTICE, the UK-based human rights and law reform organisation.
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Peter Benenson had said he was shocked and angered by a newspaper report of two Portuguese people sentenced to prison for subversion during the regime of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
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Peter Benenson wrote to David Astor, editor of The Observer.
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On 28 May 1961, Peter Benenson's article, entitled "The Forgotten Prisoners", was published.
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Peter Benenson married Susan Booth in 1973; they had two children and were married until his death in 2005.
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Peter Benenson died of pneumonia on 25 February 2005 at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, aged 83, having been a resident of the nearby village of Nuneham Courtenay where he was buried.