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Benson (EDWARD WHITE Archbishop)

EDWARD WHITE, Archbishop of Canterbury, born near Birmingin 1829; graduated at Cambridge in 1852, and was for some time a master at Rugby. He held the headmastership of Wellington College from its opening in 1858 to 1872, when he was made a Canon and Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral. In 1875 he was appointed Chap- BENSON lain in Ordinary to the Queen, and, in December, 1876, was nominated to the newly erected Bishopric of Truro. Here he began the building of a cathedral (1880-1887), most of the first cost, £110,- 000, having been gathered by his own energy. In 1882 he was translated to Canterbury to succeed Dr. Tait as Primate of all England. He published several volumes of sermons, a small work on "Cathedrals," and a valuable article on "St. Cyprian." He died at Hawarden, Oct. 11, 1896.