page_title: Edward White Benson
section_title: Lincoln and Truro
hierarchical_section_title: Edward White Benson / Life / Lincoln and Truro
caption_attribution_description: English: A stained glass window depicting the founding of Truro Cathedral.
context_page_description: Edward White Benson was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death. Prior to 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.
context_section_description: From 1872 to 1877, he was Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral. In 1874, he set up Lincoln Theological College.
  He was appointed the first Bishop of Truro, where he served from 1877 to 1882. He was consecrated bishop by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on St Mark's day, 25 April 1877 at St Paul's Cathedral. 
  The Diocese of Truro was established in December 1876.  Construction of Truro Cathedral began in 1880 to a design by the Gothic Revival architect John Loughborough Pearson.  From 24 October 1880 until 1887 a temporary wooden building on an adjacent site served as the cathedral. As archbishop, Benson consecrated the cathedral on 3 November 1887.
  He founded Truro High School for Girls in 1880.
caption: A stained glass window depicting the foundation of Truro Cathedral
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