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Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang (born October 31, 1864, Fyvie Manse, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland—died December 5, 1945, Kew Gardens, Surrey, England) influential and versatile Anglican priest who, as archbishop of Canterbury, was a close friend and adviser to King George VI.


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In December 1936, at the height of the Abdication Crisis, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury held the fate of the British monarchy in his hands. Together with the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, he helped to manoeuvre Edward VIII from the throne and to replace him with the king's brother, the Duke of York, who was to become George VI.


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William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth GCVO PC (known as Cosmo; 31 October 1864 - 5 December 1945) was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908-1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928-1942).


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Cosmo Gordon Lang has for long been seen through the eyes of his biographer, J.G. Lockhart, whose book appeared in 1949, four years after Lang's death. The author, however, did not know Lang personally and had no access to his official papers. It is nevertheless this portrait of a man who was an archbishop, first of York and then of.


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In his biographer's view, the reputation of Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 to 1942, has suffered unfairly in the seventy years since his death. He was attacked for being "proud, pompous and prelatical" and is often remembered only for the critical public speech he made during King Edward VIII's abdication crisis.


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Archbishop of Canterbury. He served in this position from December 1928 until May 1942. He was born William Cosmo Gordon Lang in Fyvie Manse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the 3rd son of the local Church of Scotland minister. In January 1865 the family moved to Glasgow, Scotland on his father's appointment as a minister in the Anderston district.


Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang Photograph by Mary Evans Picture Library Fine Art America

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).


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Cosmo Gordon Lang by Lockhart, John Gilbert, 1891-1960, author Publication date 1949 Topics Lang, Cosmo Gordon, 1864-1945, Lang, Cosmo Gordon 1864-1944, Anglikanische Kirche Publisher London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; claremont_school_of_theology; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language


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William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York (31 October, 1864 - 5 December, 1945) was the Archbishop of York from 1909 to 1928, the year when he became Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop was the one who, in the Spring of 1920, presided over the wedding ceremony of Matthew Crawley, heir presumptive to the Earl of Grantham, and Lady Mary Crawley, the Earl's daughter. He is first seen.


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Legend has it that when Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang first set eyes on his official portrait, painted by Sir William Orpen, he dolefully lamented that it made him look "proud, pompous and prelatical".. Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis is a major work of historical scholarship. It effects a profound revision in our understanding.


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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.


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In December 1936, following the Abdication of Edward VIII, a rhyme circulated about the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang: 'My Lord Archbishop, what a scold you are! And when your man is.


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Scottish born archbishop and clergyman; Archbishop of Canterbury; more commonly known as Cosmo Gordon Lang or Cosmo Lang William Cosmo Gordon Lang Works [ edit] " The Empire and the Church ," in The Empire and the century (pp. 166−173), London: John Murray (1905)


Cosmo Gordon Lang (18641945), Baron Lang of Lambeth, Scholar (1882), Honorary Fellow (1928

Lang, Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945). Archbishop of Canterbury. Lang was a native of Scotland. After a short ministry at the university church in Oxford, he became (1896) vicar of Portsea, an important and populous parish, where he trained and deployed a large team of assistant curates.


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Oct 31, 1864 - Dec 5, 1945 William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO, PC was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury. His.


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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).