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William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO, GCStJ, PC (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, was the most rapid in modern Church of ...
Mar 21, 1999 · Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang was an influential and versatile Anglican priest who, as archbishop of Canterbury, was a close friend and adviser to King George VI. He also played a role in the abdication in 1936 of King Edward VIII, whose relationship with the American divorcée Wallis Simpson would,
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Robert Beaken reveals how the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister Baldwin collaborated to force Edward VIII to abdicate in 1936. He also explains why Lang made a controversial broadcast after the Abdication and how it affected the monarchy.
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, was the most rapid in modern Church of England history. As Archbishop of Canterbury during the abdication crisis of 1936, he took a strong moral ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 to 1942. He was known for his liberal views on the Prayer Book reform, the abdication crisis, and the war.
A brief biography of Cosmo Gordon Lang, the archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 to 1942. Learn about his career, his role in the abdication crisis, and his resignation.
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William Cosmo Gordon Lang was born on 31 October 1864, the son of the Reverend John Marshall Lang, minister of Fyvie, and Hannah Agnes Keith. The entry in the statutory register of births for Fyvie in Aberdeenshire shows that the future archbishop was born in the local manse. Birth entry for Cosmo Gordon Lang (29 KB jpeg)
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