Iron County register., 1896-10-15
IN GLADsTONES PEW
Tbe Archbishop OF Canterbury
stricken with Apoplexy
And Expires In tho Church Rectory-
Annual value or the Soc or Canterbury
Il $4,000. aud the Archbishop was
the Patron OF los LivingA

L the E@1E10 "a A@~
LoNDoN. Oct. 12-The chbishop OK
Canterbury, primate of all Englano
and metropolitan. the Rt. Hon. and
Most Rev. Edward White Benson, d.
D., and privy councillor, died sud
denly yesterday while attending al
vine service in the church at Ha--
warden. The archbishop was the
guest of Mr.. Gladstone, through whom
he was appointed to the archbishoprlc'
of Canterbury. and, in company with
the Gladstone family. went TO the
Hawarden church yesterday morning
After the service had commenced
commotion was noticed in the Glad
stone pew and immediately there
after church attendants were seen re-
moving the archbishop who, It was.
supposed, was suffering from Mt
He was taken to the rectory, and med
icaI assistance was hastily summoned.
The doctors worked over him in yain.-
and at 11:45 o'clock he died. The
physicians state that death was caused
by apoplexy.
Archbishop Benson was 67 years of
age.
Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. Edward.
White Benson, d. D., primate of all
England and metropolitan, was born
near Birmingham in 1929. He was ed
ucated at King Edwards school, Bir--
mingham, and at Trinity college,
Cambridge, of which he was success
lively scholar and fellow, and where he
graduated B. A. in 1852. He gradu-
ated NJ. A. in 1885; B. d. in 1862 and D.
d. in 1867; Hon. d. C. L. t0xfordl 1ss4.
He was for some years one of the.
masters in Rugby school, and held the
head-mastership of Wellington coll
lege from its first opening in 1858
down tp 1872. Among many dignities.
he attained were honorable chaplain
to the queen, 1878, and chaplain in or
binary, Is75-77. In December, 1876, he
was nominated to the newly restored
bishopric of Truro, and was consecra-
ted in St Paul's cathedral, April 25, 1877.
During his occupation of the see he
began the building of a new cathedral
at Truro of which the outward shell
has cost over $1,000 much of that.
sum having been gathered through
the energy. of the bishop. In Decen.-
ber, 1882, DIR. Benson was appointed
by the crown, on Mr.. Gladstone's rec
ommendation, to the archbishopric of
Canterbury, in succession to DIR. TAFT.
DIR. Benson has published sermons and,
other works.
Mr.. Benson married, in 1859. Mary,
daughter OF the late Rev. William
Sedgwick, of Skipton, Yorkshire.
The annual value of the see of Cam
terbury is SIS, 900, and the archbishop
is the patron of 195 livings. In addi-.
tion to his archiepiscopal residence at
Lambeth palace, he had seat at Adj
dington park, Croydon, Surrey.
The archbishop and his wife arrived
at Hawarden castle, Mr.. Gladstone's.
residence, Saturday evening, from the
north of Ireland, where they had been
visiting. The archbishop appeared to-
be in the best of health. He attended
communion at the Hawarden church
at eight o'clock yesterday morning
anu l1GA DKCdAA6SbG0 With MT AA6Q--
stone and family. Later he attended
the morning service The .sconfes-
sion" was proceeding when he fell for.
ward. The church attendants re-
moved the archbishop to the recsory as.
quickly as possible. Rev. Stephen.
Gladstone, the rector of the church,
continued the service until he received.
message that the archbishop was
- il. a..
for the dead from the burial service.
As the congregation left the church
the organist played dead march. and
a mnfHed peal was rung on the bells
Mr.. Gladstone was not at the church.
the weather preventing He was
greatly distressed at the death of the
archbishop. They had been closes
friends for q long time.
Archbishop Benson was esteemed by
all sections for his moderation and
broad-mindedness. His death was an
nounced at st. Paul's, London, at the.
afternoon service. The news quickly
spread and last evening there was q
great assemblage at the cathedral.
The preacher highly eulogized the dead
arch bishop for his services to the
church, his personal uprightness of
character and lovable disposition. Af--
ter the service the organist played.
the Dead March," the congregation
standing as The solemn strains filed
the edifice, the great bell of the cathe.
dral meanwhile being tolled in menu
ory of the dead.
Dean Farrar paid an impressive
tribute to the deceased archbishop in.
cathedral.