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DAVIDSON, RANDALL THOMAS (1848– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 864 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAVIDSON, See also:RANDALL See also:THOMAS (1848– ) , See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, son of See also:Henry Davidson, of Muirhouse, See also:Edinburgh, was See also:born in Edinburgh and educated at See also:Harrow and Trinity See also:College, See also:Oxford. He took orders in 1874 and held a curacy at See also:Dartford, in See also:Kent, till 1877, when he became See also:resident See also:chaplain and private secretary to Dr See also:Tait, archbishop of Canterbury, a position which he occupied till Dr Tait's See also:death, and retained for a See also:short See also:time (1882–1883) under his successor Dr See also:Benson. He married in 1878 Edith, the second daughter of Archbishop Tait, whose See also:Life he eventually wrote (1891). In 1882 he became honorary chaplain and sub-See also:almoner to See also:Queen See also:Victoria, and in the following See also:year was appointed See also:dean of See also:Windsor, and domestic chaplain to the queen. His See also:advice upon See also:state matters was constantly sought by the queen and greatly valued. From 1891 to 1903 he was clerk of the closet, first to Queen Victoria and afterwards to See also:King See also:Edward VII. He was made See also:bishop of See also:Rochester in 1891, and was translated to See also:Winchester in 1895. In 1903 he succeeded See also:Temple as archbishop of Canterbury. The new archbishop, without being one of the See also:English divines who have made notable contributions to theological learning, already had a See also:great reputation for ecclesiastical statesmanship; and in subsequent years his See also:diplomatic abilities found ample See also:scope in dealing not only with the difficulties caused in the See also:church by doctrinal questions, but pre-eminently with the See also:education crisis, and with the new problems arising in the enlarged See also:Anglican Communion. As the See also:chief representative of the Church of See also:England in the See also:House of Lords, his firmness, combined with broadmindedness, in regard to the attitude of the nonconformists towards denominational education, made his See also:influence widely See also:felt. In 1904 he visited See also:Canada and the See also:United States, and was See also:present at the triennial See also:general See also:convention of the See also:Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States and Canada. In 1908 he presided at the See also:Pan-Anglican See also:congress held in See also:London, and at the See also:Lambeth See also:conference which followed.

He had edited in 1889 The Lambeth Conferences, an See also:

historical See also:account of the conferences of 1867, 1878 and 1888, giving the See also:official reports and resolutions, and the sermons preached on these occasions.

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