Edward White Benson

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Edward White Benson (July 14, 1829 – October 11, 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 until his death.

Born in Balsall Heath, Birmingham and  educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham and  Trinity College, Cambridge, Benson began his career as a schoolmaster at Rugby School in 1852. In 1859 Benson was chosen by  and  Gotha">Prince Albert as the first Master (headmaster) of Wellington College, Berkshire, which had been built as the nation's memorial to the Duke of Wellington. Benson was largely responsible for establishing Wellington as a great English public school, closely modelled on Rugby School, rather than the military academy originally planned. He later served as Chancellor of Lincoln Minster from 1872-77, and  Bishop of Truro from 1877-82.

Benson told Henry James a simple, rather inexpert story he had heard about the ghosts of evil servants who tried to lure young children to their deaths. James recorded the hint in his Notebooks and  eventually used it  as the starting-point for his classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw.

Benson is  best remembered for devising the Festival of  and  Carols">Nine Lessons and  Carols, an  order first used in Truro Cathedral on Christmas Eve, 1880 - a service that is  now used every Christmas around the world.

Benson and  his wife Mary Sidgwick Benson, the sister of philosopher Henry Sidgwick, had six children. Their fifth child was the novelist E. F. Benson. Another son was A C Benson, the author of the lyrics to Elgar's  and  Glory">Land of Hope and  Glory and  master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Their six and  youngest child, Robert Hugh Benson, converted to Roman Catholicism and  wrote several novels. His daughter Margaret Benson was an  artist, author and  amateur Egyptologist.

Benson died from cardiovascular disease in 1896.

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Preceded by Archibald Campbell Tait	Archbishop of Canterbury 1882–1896	Succeeded by Frederick Temple
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