Person    | Male  Born 7/4/1848  Died 25/5/1930

Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth

Categories: Religion

Countries: Scotland

Archbishop of Canterbury. Born Edinburgh. A pupil at Harrow. Suffered all his adult life from the damage to his lower back caused by a shooting accident. 1877 married Edith daughter of Archibald Tait, the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, but they had no children. A favourite of Queen Victoria. Archbishop of Canterbury 1903 - 28, the first to retire, rather than die in office. He resigned on 12 November 1928, his golden wedding anniversary. Died at home, 10 Cheyne Walk.

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Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth

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Randall Thomas Davidson - Lambeth Palace

Erected the year after Davidson's death, about 18 months after his resignatio...

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Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth

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Harrow School - WW1 memorial

The plaque was laid in 1921 (British Pathe film) and the building was opened ...

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Opening of the BMA house

This inscription is on the inside of the west face of the courtyard, to the l...

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