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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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 ...
Opening of the BMA house
This inscription is on the inside of the west face of the courtyard, to the l...
Pelham Mission Hall
This stone was laid by Randall Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, on July 18th...
Other Subjects
Christian Science
Religious sect founded in America by Mary Baker Eddy. Adherents subscribe to a form of philosophical idealism, believing that reality is purely spiritual and the material world an illusion. This in...
1 memorial
Christ Church, Lambeth
The photo, c.1910, shows the complex of buildings. Damaged in WW2 the church was demolished sometime before 1958, all but the tall Lincoln Tower.
1 memorial
St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand
The church seems to have occupied a site between St Martin's-le-Grand and Foster Lane. Destroyed in the Great Fire its ruins were, amazingly, not removed until the early 1800s.
1 memorial
Mrs Heywood Smith
Connected to the Salvation Army Citadel, Ronalds Road in 1890. We think it's likely that this lady was wife to the Dr Heywood Smith who was one of the colleagues of W. T. Stead when he was accused...
1 memorial
St Barnabas' church, West Silvertown
This National Library of Scotland 1914 map shows the "Missn Ch" between Eastwood and Westwood Road, just north of the tennis courts on what is now Britannia Village Green. Opened in 1882 as a miss...
1 memorial
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Fawcett frieze - 52, Wilkinson
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
1 subject commemorated
Charles Arthur Clutterbuck
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Charles Arthur Clutterbuck was born on 8 May 1908 in Millwall, the youngest of the nine...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association - 50th anniversary
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
1 memorial
The Trafalgar Way - Canada House
WC2, Cockspur Street, Canada House
This area has been known as Little Canada Londonist explains why.
6 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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