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, Mus. Bac. Cantab.
Spouse 1871, I Jane Gardner, daughter of Rev. James Orr, New- mills, co.