Benson is best remembered for devising the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols while Bishop of Truro. It was first used in Truro Cathedral on Christmas Eve, 1880.

Bishop of Truro Edward White Benson held a carol service at Christmas 1880 Formed basis of the famous annual service at King's College Chapel, Cambridge Edward White Benson's wife, his second ...

LONDON, Dec. 20.--The Right Rev. Edward White Benson, Bishop of Truro, has been appointed to, and has accepted, the office of Archbishop of Canterbury.

This massive annual event began 125 years ago thanks to the first Bishop of Truro, Edward White Benson. ... nine carols and nine tiny lessons," says AC Benson in his writings about his father.

It is there that she wrote Benson, which is based on events in the life of Edward White Benson, Bishop of Truro and later Archbishop of Canterbury. The play explores a number of themes, ...