title: John Benton Wild
text: # John Benton Wild
  
  John Benton Wild (10 November 1806 – 26 June 1857) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
  
  He was born in County Offaly to Lieutenant John Wild and Mary Lynch. He was a pastoralist, and on 12 February 1832 married Emmeline Gaudry at Cobbitty. They had thirteen children, one of whom, William, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  
  John Wild was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1845 to 1848, representing the County of Camden. He died near Camden in 1857.
  
  