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 King's Speech.
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Cosmo Gordon Lang Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lang
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Gregory Gunne
From Catholic Herald:The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Ca...
1 memorial
Reverend Samuel Hoole
Became Rector of All Saints Poplar in 1803 and remained there until his death. Probably born in London, his father being employed as auditor for the East India Company and the family living in Wan...
1 memorial
Thomas Bowyer
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
All Hallows Church, Bread Street
Building pulled down and the parish united for ecclesiastical purposes with the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow.
1 memorial
Curfew Tower
A gateway, it is the only complete remaining building of Barking Abbey. Built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1460, it now forms the main entrance to the churchyard of St Margaret's Churc...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Woolley, VC
Born St Peter’s Vicarage in Bethnal Green, as Geoffrey Harold Woolley, the vicar’s son. The first British Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He was serving with the London R...
War served, WW1
2 memorials
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