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	[[File:AbpEdwardWhiteBenson.jpg\|thumb\|Edward White Benson]]'''Edward White Benson''' (1829–1896) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1883 until his death.		[[File:AbpEdwardWhiteBenson.jpg\|thumb\|Edward White Benson]]'''Edward White Benson''' (1829–1896) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1883 until his death.

	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson is thought to have had suppressed homosexual tendencies:		Benson is thought to have had suppressed homosexual tendencies:

Ross Burgess at 18:56, 16 September 2015

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	*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels		*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels
	*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"		*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"
	*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe		*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of [[Frederick Rolfe]]
	*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.		*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.
	*[[Nellie Benson]], who (like her mother) had an affair with the composer [[Ethel Smyth]].<ref name=mail />		*[[Nellie Benson]], who (like her mother) had an affair with the composer [[Ethel Smyth]].<ref name=mail />

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	*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe		*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe
	*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.		*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.
	*Nellie Benson, who (like her mother) had an affair with the composer [[Ethel Smyth]].<ref name=mail />		*[[Nellie Benson]], who (like her mother) had an affair with the composer [[Ethel Smyth]].<ref name=mail />

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Ross Burgess at 04:42, 4 July 2015

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	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson is thought to have had suppressed homosexual tendencies.		Benson is thought to have had suppressed homosexual tendencies:
	:[His sister recalled] "his 'almost romantic attachment' to his headmaster and as a Cambridge undergraduate Benson himself confided in his diary a fear that 'I might on some sudden occasion be led into a step I might all my life repent'."<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010392/Archbishop-Canterbury-Edward-Bensons-wife-dozens-female-lovers.html#ixzz3etUhpuM7</ref>		:[His sister recalled] "his 'almost romantic attachment' to his headmaster and as a Cambridge undergraduate Benson himself confided in his diary a fear that 'I might on some sudden occasion be led into a step I might all my life repent'."<ref name=mail>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010392/Archbishop-Canterbury-Edward-Bensons-wife-dozens-female-lovers.html#ixzz3etUhpuM7</ref>

	Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and five of whom are thought to have been gay:		Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and five of whom are thought to have been gay:
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	*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe		*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe
	*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.		*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.
			*Nellie Benson, who (like her mother) had an affair with the composer [[Ethel Smyth]].<ref name=mail />

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	[[Category:1829 births]]		[[Category:1829 births]]
	[[Category:1896 deaths]]		[[Category:1896 deaths]]

Ross Burgess at 04:36, 4 July 2015

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	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and ~~four~~ of whom are thought to have been gay:		Benson is thought to have had suppressed homosexual tendencies.
			:[His sister recalled] "his 'almost romantic attachment' to his headmaster and as a Cambridge undergraduate Benson himself confided in his diary a fear that 'I might on some sudden occasion be led into a step I might all my life repent'."<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010392/Archbishop-Canterbury-Edward-Bensons-wife-dozens-female-lovers.html#ixzz3etUhpuM7</ref>

			Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and five of whom are thought to have been gay:
	*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels		*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels
	*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"		*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"

Ross Burgess at 04:19, 4 July 2015

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	[[File:AbpEdwardWhiteBenson.jpg\|thumb\|Edward White Benson]]'''Edward White Benson''' (1829–1896) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1883 until his death.		[[File:AbpEdwardWhiteBenson.jpg\|thumb\|Edward White Benson]]'''Edward White Benson''' (1829–1896) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1883 until his death.

	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later ~~Headmaster~~ of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he ~~deved~~ the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later the first headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he devised the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:		Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:

Ross Burgess at 13:06, 3 July 2015

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	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later Headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he deved the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later Headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he deved the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson's wife, Mary Sidgwick, known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:		Benson's wife, [[Mary Sidgwick]], known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:
	*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels		*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels
	*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"		*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"

Ross Burgess at 17:10, 22 June 2015

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	Benson's wife, Mary Sidgwick, known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:		Benson's wife, Mary Sidgwick, known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:
	*[[E F Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"		*[[E F Benson]], author of the [[Mapp and Lucia]] novels
	*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe.		*[[A C Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"
			*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe
			*[[Margaret Benson]], author and amateur Egyptologist.

	[[Category:Clergy]]		[[Category:Clergy]]
	[[Category:1829 births]]		[[Category:1829 births]]
	[[Category:1896 deaths]]		[[Category:1896 deaths]]

Ross Burgess at 17:03, 22 June 2015

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	Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later Headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he deved the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].		Benson was educated at King Edward's School, [[Birmingham]] and Trinity College, [[Cambridge]]. He was a schoolmaster at [[Rugby School]] and later Headmaster of [[Wellington College]] before becoming Bishop of [[Truro]] (where he deved the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols) and then Archbishop of Canterbury. A story he told to [[Henry James]] became the basis of James's ghost story, ''The Turn of the Screw'', which was later adapted as an opera by [[Benjamin Britten]].

	Benson's wife, Mary Sidgwick, known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay: [[E F Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"~~, and Robert Hugh~~ Benson, priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe.		Benson's wife, Mary Sidgwick, known as Minnie, was lesbian, and lived, after Edward’s death, with Lucy Tait, the daughter of her husband’s predecessor as Archbishop. Edward and Minnie had six children, none of whom married, and four of whom are thought to have been gay:
			*[[E F Benson]], who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"
			*[[R H Benson]], priest, author, and friend of Frederick Rolfe.

	[[Category:Clergy]]		[[Category:Clergy]]
	[[Category:1829 births]]		[[Category:1829 births]]
	[[Category:1896 deaths]]		[[Category:1896 deaths]]