The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
LORD DAVID SON DIES IN LONDON
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Former Bishop of Canter- bury, Primate of Eng
 land, Passes Away
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sire to resign because of ill-health after his fight for ratification of the revised Prayer Book had been accomplished. The preparation of the modification and revision, to which he devoted the declining years of his life, was regarded as the crowning work of his church career Its failure to win approval of the House of Commons left him disappointed old man.
 After having made a masterly address in favor of the revised Prayer Book in the House of Lords, he witnessed with great satisfaction it's acceptance by that body, only to have it rejected the next day by the lower house of Parliament.
 On that occasion ne was a spec tator in the Peers Gallery and af- ter the vote had been taken, he, in tears, left the house, leaning on the arm Of the Archbishop of York. That was in December, 1927. His spirits somewhat buoyed by the possibility of success through fur ther revision to meet the previous objections, the archbishop worked along that line and in June, 1923 the House of Commons again re- jected it. The second rejection is said to have greatly affected the aged prelate, and he retired volun- tarily.
 Religious Influence
 The influence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, probably the most powerful churchman outside the Pope, extended far beyond the rug ged outline of the British Isles. He was in constant communication with the heads of other churches. 1 One of his projects which he al most accomplished, was a union of the Church in the West and the Greek Orthodox and the Russian Church in the East.
 Dr. Davidson was one of the oldest active churchmen in Eng fish history. No prelate occupied the primacy for so long a period since the time of Cranmer, during the Reformation. He was born in Edinburgh, April T. 1848, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford.
 His first ecclesiastical assignment was as curate in Dartford, Kent. He became chaplain and private sec retary to Archbishop Tait of Can terbury, in 1877.
 While occupying that position he fell in love with Edith, the sec ond daughter of the Archbishop, and married her in 1878. When congratulated in 1927 on reaching the age of 30, His Grace replied: But for my 50 years of married life it could not have been so.'
 Was Sub- b-almoner
 
 Dr. Davidson next became sec retary and chaplain to Archbishop Benson, who succeeded Archbishop Tait. While engaged in this work he was also examining chap lain to the Bishop of Durham and in 1882 he became sub-almoner to Queen Victoria. This latter posi- ton permitted him to disburse the aims of the Queen From 1880 to 1883 he was one of the six preach CTS of Canterburg cathedral. He was Dean of Windsor and domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria from 1891 to 1901, and to the King from 1901 to 1903. He was Bishop of Rochester from 1891 to 1895 and Bishop of Winchester from 1895 to 1903, when he was elected Bish- op of Canterbury.
 Positions of Honor
 Among his other positions and honors were those of trustee of the British Museum, Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Gov ernor of Harrow, Wellington and Charterhouse schools Lord of the Privy Council; President of the So- ciety for the Propagation of Chris tian Knowledge; honorary degrees of Oxford and Cambridge Univer- sites; Hon. LID. of Columbia Uni- versity, New York; President of the National Society; Prelate of the Order of the Garter, Grand Con- mander of the Victorian Order, Royal Victorian Chain, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Saviour, | (Greece); Grand Gordon de pOrdre de la Couranne (Belgium) and Or der of St. Sava (Serbia).
 In personal life the Archbishop was seldom one to stand upon his dignity. He was affable and ap- proachable. He was also fond of good story. He relished telling one about his father-in-law, Arch | ibald Tait, former Arcnblshop. friend began a letter of congratu- lation when Dr. Tait had been elected Primate. He wrote My dear Archie" and then thought that the term might be too famil- jar for a Primate. So he pondered and pondered, and then began the