Education
Studied at King’s College School, London. Private tuition in South of France.
Studied at King’s College School, London. Private tuition in South of France.
Deacon, 1874; Priest, 1875. Curate of Donaghcloney, Diocese of Dromore, 1874-1878. Vicar of Scarva, 1878-1880.
Chaplain of Ballymoney Union.
Rural Dean of Ballymena, 1893-1898. Prebendary of Cairncastle, 1898-1908.
Chancellor of Connor, 1908. Professor Royal Academy of Music, Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, and Gentleman of Her i Majesty’s Chapel Royal.
Rector of Ballymoney since 1880. Rural Dean of Coleraine since 1898. Member of Diocesan Council since 1898.
Member of General Synod of the Church of Ireland since 1903. Son of late George Benson, Music. Bac. Of Cambridge University
Spouse 1871, I Jane Gardner, daughter of Reverend James Orr, Newmills, company