Richard Meux Benson
(1824-1915)

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Richard Meux Benson SSJE (6 July 1824 – 14 January 1915) was a priest in the Church of England and founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, the first religious order of monks in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Anglican Church of Canada on 15 January and on the Episcopal Church calendar on January 14 with Charles Gore.

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Richard Meux Benson 1824–1915 Vicar of Cowley and benefactor, founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist in 1866 lived at this former Mission House

former Mission House, 16 Marston Street, Oxford, United Kingdom where it lived