Frank Bennett (scholar)

Frank Selwyn Macaulay Bennett (28 October 1866 – 14 November 1947) was an Anglican cleric and scholar.

[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.

[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".

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