Born in the Fyvie Manse, Aberdeen. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1928-1942, during which he played a key role in the 1936 crisis surrounding the abdication of King Edward VIII, going on to crown George VI as King in 1937. Named Baron Lang of Lambeth in 1942. Living in a grace-and-favour house in Kew he died of a heart attack on his way to Kew Gardens Station to attend a debate in the House of Lords. Played by Derek Jacobi in the 2010 .
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Cosmo Gordon Lang Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lang
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman
Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman was the first Archbishop of Westminster. Born at Seville, Spain, of an Irish father. Click on New Advent for more information. In the 1851 census he is sh...
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St Martin Orgar
Largely destroyed in the Great Fire. Then restored and used by French Protestants until 1820. Most of it was then pulled down and what was left was incorporated into St Clement Eastcheap.
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Rev. Alfred Rowland
Chairman of the London Congregational Union, and pastor of Park Chapel, Crouch End in 1892.
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Baptist Church House
Built in 1901-1903. by Arthur Keen, architect for the Baptist Union and restored in 1946. Now listed.
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