Benson Brothers
(1862 - 1940) U.K.
Three gay brothers
Arthur Christopher Benson (April 24, 1862 - june 17, 1925) Writer, educator
Eldest son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward White Benson, who was then master at Wellinghton College.
He was master at Eton (1885-1903) and at Magdalene College, Cambridge (1915-1925).
He wrote poetry, novels, critical studies, many popular essays, notably From a College Window (1902), as well as the words to Land of Hope and Glory. He also wrote the biographies of his father and of his brother Hugh.
Edward Frederic Benson (July 24, 1867 - february 29, 1940) Writer
3d son of Archbishop Benson. He wrote several biographies and reflections on contemporary society, but he is chiefly remembered for his lightly satirical novels, notably Dodo (1893).
His archaeological work in Athens (1892-95) resulted in two novels on Greece, The Vintage (1898) and The Capsina (1899).
He gently satirized the foibles of upper middle class society, and is best known for his series of books featuring the formidable antagonists Mapp and Lucia Pillson, the first of which was Queen Lucia (1920).
Robert Hugh Benson (November 18, 1871 - October 19, 1914) Writer and clergiman
4th son of Archbishop Benson. He was converted to Roman Catholicism in 1903 and ordained the next year.
In 1911, as a monsignor, he became privy chamberlain to Pope Pius X.
His works include the novels By What Authority? (1904), Richard Raynal (1906), and Paradoxes of Catholicism (1913).
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