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

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Surname:	Benson
Forenames:	Edward White
Gender:	Male
Date:	1829-1896
Biography:	ODNB link for Benson, Edward White (1829-1896) Archbishop of Canterbury
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P137469 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2221 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Edward White Benson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1852-1885: corresp and papers rel to Wellington College (3 vols, c900 items)	Wellington College		See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
2	1876-1896: corresp mainly rel to Truro diocese (c300 bundles and vols)	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	TCM	NRA 10707 Benson See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
3	1880-1899: corresp and papers	Lambeth Palace Library	Benson	NRA 24371 Benson See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
4	1843-1911: corresp (65 items and 37 bundles)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Dep Benson	NRA 16904
5	corresp	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See NHMF Annual Report 1991-92
6	1890-1896: corresp and papers rel to printing of prayer book (1 vol)	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
7	1861-1891: corresp with ecclesiastics	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 49457 passim
8	1848-1896: diaries, notebooks and typescript copies of corresp (51 vols)	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	BENSON	NRA 35406
9	1876-1877: personal book of Lincoln chapter minutes as chancellor (1 vol)	Lincolnshire Archives		See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
10	1878: papers rel to Lambeth Conference (25ff and 1 vol)	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1919, 1947	See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
11	1884-1893: letters to Lord Aberdeen	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS55	NRA 9758
12	1879-1888: letters to Sir Henry Wentworth Acland	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Acland	NRA 22893
13	1892-1896: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 49788 Passim
14	1885-1893: corresp with Samuel Bickersteth	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng d 3056 passim	NRA 42109
15	1884-1889: corresp with Lord Carnarvon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60834
16	1890: letters to GL Craik	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 61895
17	1887-1888: letters to Lord Cranbrook	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62537
18	corresp with Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury	Lambeth Palace Library		NRA 37975 Davidson
19	1871-1896: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44109
20	1883-1885: letters to Sir William Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
21	1884-1895: corresp with Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
22	1886-1887: letters to HP Liddon	Pusey House Library		NRA 19807 Pusey House coll
23	1870-1896: corresp with Macmillan & Co	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 55109
24	c1886-1894: corresp with George Ridding (1886, 1894)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 31
25	1877-80: letters to Saltram Rogers, vicar of Gwennap, Cornwall	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	AD836/7-16	NRA 38268
26	1883-94: corresp with Lord Selborne	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1868-80 passim	NRA 11918
27	1891: letter to Sir John Stainer	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62121
28	1880-88: letters to Lord Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/C538	NRA 25095
29	1883-96: corresp with Lord Stanmore	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 49209	NRA 20961
30	1872-82: corresp with AC Tait	Lambeth Palace Library	Tait	NRA 8476 Tait
31	corresp with Frederick Temple, bishop of London	Lambeth Palace Library	Fulham papers	NRA 37986 Temple
32	1869-85: corresp with Christopher Wordsworth	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 2146, 2148
33	letters to Christopher Wordsworth	Lincolnshire Archives	D&C LIB 3	See Accession Register 1968-83
34	c1800-1900: manuscript notebook incl notes on satires of Juvenal and Martial (heavily annotated by members of family)	Lambeth Palace Library	Acc 2011-22	See Annual Return 2011