Frank Bennett (scholar)

Frank Selwyn Macaulay Bennett (28 October 1866 – 14 November 1947) was an Anglican cleric and scholar. He was a reforming dean of Chester[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2][3]

He was born in Torquay, Devon, the son of Henry Edward Bennett of Sparkford Hall, Somerset, and the Canadian-born Louisa Birchall Macaulay, daughter of Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, Chief Justice of Toronto.[4][5] He was educated at Sherborne and Keble College, Oxford.[6] He was private chaplain to Bishop Jayne of Chester and then held incumbencies at Portwood and Hawarden[7] before his elevation to the deanery.[8] He was eulogised as the man who made Chester Cathedral "the home of the Diocese".[9]

  1. ^ "Foreign News: More Good Than Harm?". Time. 16 May 1927. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  2. ^ * Bruce, Alex (1 January 2000). The Cathedral 'open and Free'. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-924-X.
  3. ^ Amongst others he wrote "Coué and his Gospel of Health", 1923; "A Soul in the Making", 1924; "The Nature of a Cathedral", 1925; "Expecto", 1926; "Mary Jane and Harry John", 1927; "On Cathedrals in the Meantime", 1928; and "The Resurrection of the Dead", 1929. British Library web site accessed 8 September 2010.
  4. ^ Mee, Arthur (1921). Who's Who in Wales. Western Mail Limited. p. 20. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ Burke, Bernard (1906). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. p. 111. ISBN 978-5-88372-227-0. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  6. ^ Who Was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  7. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947/48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
  8. ^ The Times, 20 March 1937; pg. 9; Issue 47638; col G "Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester".
  9. ^ "Dean F. S. M. Bennett – Cathedral Ideals". The Times. 15 November 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50919; col G.