Benson E FEdward Frederic Benson OBE was an English author who lived from July 24, 1867, to February 29, 1940. He wrote novels, biographies, memoirs, histories, and short stories. E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire. He was the fifth childof Edward White Benson, who was teacher and later became chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, bishop of Truro, and archbishop of Canterbury, and Mary Sidgwick (""Minnie""), who was born. There were three brothers named E. F. Benson: Arthur Christopher Benson wrote the words to ""Land of Hope and Glory""; Robert Hugh Benson wrote several stories and works defending Roman Catholicism; and Margaret Benson (Maggie), who wrote books and liked learning about Egypt. I lost two other siblings very young. There were six kids and no grandkids in Benson's family. Eustace Hamilton Miles was a British real tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, a restaurant owner, and a diet expert who became famous by selling health products and giving people in the Edwardian era health tips. He was born on September 22, 1868, and died on December 20, 1948. Miles was the grandson of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet, and Mary Frances Miles, née Charleton. His grandfather was Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet, and his grandmother was Mary Frances Miles. He was born in Hampstead and went to Eastbourne College, Marlborough College, and King's College, Cambridge for school. Miles married Dorothy Beatrice Harriet Killick, who was also known as Hallie, in 1906. He won the silver medal at the Olympics in 1908, but the bronze medal went to The Hon. Neville Bulwer-Lytton, who later became the 3rd Earl of Lytton. He lost the final to Jay Gould II. Read More Read Less