Edward White Benson

Benson, Edward

Benson, Edward (1829–96). Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Birmingham and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he taught at Rugby and was successively first master of Wellington College (1859–72), first bishop of Truro (1877), and archbishop (1883). Close to Frederick Temple, he wrote supporting him over Essays and Reviews (1860). At Truro he successfully campaigned for a cathedral and planned the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Less at home in politics than Tait, as a friend of Gladstone he firmly supported church establishment. A lover of pageantry, with a high sense of the dignity of Canterbury, he dealt with the ritualist case against the saintly Bishop Edward King of Lincoln in a revived archiepiscopal court, thus reclaiming for Canterbury oversight of common worship. Benson acquitted King on all but two counts—‘the most courageous thing that has come from Lambeth for the last 200 years’.

Revd Dr William M. Marshall

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Benson, Edward

Benson, Edward (1829–96). Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Birmingham and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he taught at Rugby and was successively first master of Wellington College (1859–72), first bishop of Truro (1877), and archbishop (1883). A lover of pageantry, he dealt with the ritualist case against the saintly Bishop Edward King of Lincoln in a revived archiepiscopal court, thus reclaiming for Canterbury oversight of common worship.

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Edward White Benson

Edward White Benson 1829-96, archbishop of Canterbury, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed (1877) the first bishop of Truro, and in 1882 he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury. His clerical writings include Cyprian (1897) and Apocalypse (1900). Three of his four sons became notable literary figures—A. C. Benson , E. F. Benson , and R. H. Benson .

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Benson, Edward White

Benson, Edward White (1829–96), first Bp. of Truro (1877–83) and Abp. of Canterbury (1883–96). He encouraged the establishment of the House of Laymen in 1886, and to deal with the ritual charges brought against E. King, Bp. of Lincoln, he revived the ‘court of the Abp. of Canterbury’ (see also LINCOLN JUDGEMENT).

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

Robert Hugh Benson: Life and Works.
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/1999
Honor Roll.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/23/1996
BACK TO SCHOOL CHESAPEAKE.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 8/29/1999

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