Benson’s little and large

When first unveiled at the International Exhibition in London in 1862 (and subsequently shipped to Paris in 1867 and Vienna in 1873), the St James’s Clock, as it became known, was heralded as the second largest clock in the world after E.J. Dent’s Big Ben.

Made by J.W. Benson, it stood close to 30 ft tall and, when in 1875 it was installed in St James's C…

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