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 Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 February 1936
NPG x152117
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 27 February 1936
NPG x152119
Henry Snell, 1st Baron Snell and Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambet
by Reuben Saidman, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 9 February 1937
NPG x135657
'Peers Paying Homage to the King'
published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 May 1937
NPG x193007
'The Coronation of King George VI, Westminster Abbey'
published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd
bromide postcard print, 12 May 1937
NPG x193008
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81357
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81359
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81358
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81360
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81361
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81362
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81312
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1937
NPG x81363
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1941
NPG x470
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate copy glass negative, 1943
NPG x82095
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x90191
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x90192
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth ('Men of the Day. No. 1011. "A Bishop of Decision."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 April 1906.
NPG D45323
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Powys Evans, published by The Saturday Review
print, published 23 January 1926
NPG D5036
'Dean Inge, by his articles in a well-known journal, forfeits his amateur status'
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
ink and crayon, 1928-1931
NPG D18344
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