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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable

Edward White Benson
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop Benson, c. 1890s
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseCanterbury
Appointed21 December 1882
Installed29 March 1883
Term ended11 October 1896
PredecessorArchibald Campbell Tait
SuccessorFrederick Temple
Orders
Ordination1853 (as deacon)
by James Prince Lee
1857 (as priest)
by Thomas Turton
Consecration25 April 1877
by Archibald Campbell Tait
Personal details
Born
Edward White Benson

14 July 1829
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died11 October 1896(1896-10-11) (aged 67)
Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
BuriedCanterbury Cathedral
DenominationAnglican
ParentsEdward White Benson Sr. & Harriet Baker Benson
SpouseMary (Minnie) Sidgwick
Previous post(s)Bishop of Truro (1877–1883)
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
SignatureEdward White Benson's signature

Edward White Benson (14 July 1829 – 11 October 1896) was archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death. Before this, he was the first Bishop of Truro, serving from 1877 to 1883, and began construction of Truro Cathedral.

He was previously a schoolmaster and was the first Master of Wellington College from 1859 to 1872.

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