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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Benson, Martin, 1689-1752 NRA: Benson, Martin (1689-1752) Bishop of Gloucester DNB: Benson, Martin (1689–1752), bishop of Gloucester LBT ID: MaBenso1752 VIAF ID: 32216443 LOC ID: nr91011964 | B/BAP: 1689-04-23 DIED: 1752-08-30 |
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Educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, he was a liberal divine with Whig
connections who was made bishop of Gloucester in 1737. | |
