Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
(1864-1945), Archbishop of CanterburySitter in 52 portraits
Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Scotland Lang entered the Church of England in 1890 as curate in a Leeds Parish church. He became the Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford, Bishop of Stepney (1901-8) and Canon of St Paul's. In 1908 he was appointed Archbishop of York, a significant promotion which acknowledged Lang's status as a rising star, and in 1928 became Archbishop of Canterbury. During his early career Lang was prepared to challenge the establishment and he later attracted controversy for his forthright criticism of Edward VIII following the King's abdication from the throne in 1936.
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Unknown photographer
printing-out paper print, 1904 or before
NPG P1700(75b)
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Ivan Opffer
sanguine, 1934
NPG 5444
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Ian Campbell
pencil and chalk, 1936
NPG 5904
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Sir William Reynolds-Stephens
white metal bust, 1938
NPG 5753
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Albert Howard Hester
cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x12160
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide print, 1900-1904
NPG x12162
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Carl Vandyk, published by The Regal Publishing Co
photogravure, 1900s-early 1910s
NPG x28741
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by William Slade Stuart, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide print, 1909
NPG x12161
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
bromide print, circa 1909
NPG x12163
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 20 May 1910
NPG x38523
King George V walking to Silverwood Colliery
by Illustrated News
bromide print, July 1912
NPG x134968
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39007
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Unknown photographer
bromide print on card mount, 1920s
NPG x28740
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1923
NPG x167178
'Christening of George Henry Hubert Lascelles'
by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 25 March 1923; published 1923
NPG x197873
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on tissue, 1930s
NPG x92072
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 15 November 1934
NPG x135656
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 February 1936
NPG x152108
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 February 1936
NPG x152111
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 February 1936
NPG x152115
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