Guide to the Correspondence of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (as filmed by the AJCP), 1881-1892

Summary

Collection number:

M2762 - M2765

Creator:

Benson, Edward White, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1829-1896

Extent:

1067 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to Lambeth Palace Library, London and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the Lambeth Palace Library and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example:

Memoirs of Rev. Richard Johnson (29 pp), 16 April 1794, Papers of Archibishop John Moore, Lambeth Palace Library, London (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-836324883/findingaid#nla-obj-859140370).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Official correspondence relating to dioceses in Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia and Hawaii.

Main correspondents include W.T.T. Webber, G.W. Kennion, A. Willis, D.F. Sandford, E.W. Benson, S. Thornton, H.H. Montgomery, W. Saumrez Smith, Alfred Barry, S.T. Nevill, Henry J.C. Harper, H.L. Jenner, J.R. Selwyn, M. Thomas, W.G. Cowie, A. Willis, S.E. Marsden, James Moorhouse, A.B. Suter, R.H. Codrington, H.W. Tucker and R.T. Davidson.

Biographical / Historical:

Bishop of Truro 1877-82, Archbishop of Canterbury 1882-96.

Edward White Benson (1829-1896), was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1852. He was appointed a Master at Rugby School in 1852 and ordained as Deacon in 1853. He was First Master of Wellington College, 1859-1872, and then Chancellor of Lincoln Minster in 1872. He was appointed Bishop of Truro in 1877 and formed a divinity school there. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1882.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1539087] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Lambeth Palace Library, Lambeth Palace Road, London.

For further information see Lambeth Palace Library Collections (http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/content/searchcollections).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP may still be in copyright.

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, from Lambeth Palace Library, London

For more information contact Lambeth Palace Library, London [hhttps://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/content/publication]

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to Lambeth Palace Library, London and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the Lambeth Palace Library and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example:

Memoirs of Rev. Richard Johnson (29 pp), 16 April 1794, Papers of Archibishop John Moore, Lambeth Palace Library, London (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-836324883/findingaid#nla-obj-859140370).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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