Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (1746 – 11 July 1833)[1] styled The Honourable from 1763 until 1823, was an Irish peer and politician of the noble House of Stratford.[2]
He was the fourth son of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough and his wife Martha O'Neale, daughter of Venerable Benjamin O'Neale, Archdeacon of Leighlin, and a younger brother of Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough.[3] In 1823, he succeeded his older brother John as earl.[4]
In 1777, Aldborough entered the Irish House of Commons for Baltinglass, the same constituency his father and his older brother has represented before, and sat as Member of Parliament until 1783.[5] In 1790, he stood again for Baltinglass and was returned for it until the Act of Union in 1801.[5] He was Governor of County Wicklow in 1777.[6]
On 10 January 1774, he married Martha Burton, daughter of John Burton. They had a son and three daughters.[7] Aldborough died at Stratford Lodge and was buried at Baltinglass.[8] He was succeeded in his titles by his only son Mason.[7]