sentences:  He was previously a schoolmaster and was the first Master of Wellington College from 1859 to 1872.Edward White Benson was born at Lombard Street in Highgate, Birmingham, on 14 July 1829, the eldest of eight children of chemical manufacturer Edward White Benson senior (26 August 1802 – 7 February 1843) and his wife Harriet Baker Benson (13 June 1805 – 29 May 1850).He was baptised in St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, on 31 March 1830.