William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877 - 1960) was a British Liberal MP who later joined the Labour Party and served as Secretary of State for India in Ramsay MacDonald's second administration. In 1940 he was created Viscount Stansgate and in 1945 he became Secretary of State for Air under Clement Attlee. On his death he was succeeded as Viscount Stansgate by his second son Tony Benn.

He was son of the liberal politician John Williams Benn.

Preceded by: The Viscount Peel	Secretary of State for India 1929—1931	Followed by: Sir Samuel Hoare
Preceded by: Harold Macmillan	Secretary of State for Air 1945—1946	Followed by: Philip Noel-Baker

Preceded by: New Creation

Viscount Stansgate

Followed by: Tony Benn