The death has, occurred of the Most Reverend Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1903-1928.
Archbishop Davidson died in his sleep ut five minutes past one this morning. His aged wife sat up all the previous night at the prelat bed-side, She and his famous phy-simian, Sir Thomas Barlow, who was a close friend, were with him At the end.
'The present Archbishop of Canter bury, the Most Reverend Cosme Gordon' Long, has been a constant visitor since Archbishop Davidson was taken ill—Reuter, The Most Reverend Lord Randall Thomas Davidson, D0. Dt LaDy G.cxv.0. was Archbishop of Canter-Dury from 1908 to 1928. Born on April 7, 1848, he was the son of Henry Davidson, of Muirhouse, Edinburgh, and was educated Harrow and Trinity College (Oxford).
first appointment was as curate of Dartford, Kent, which post he filled for four years, from 1874 to 1877, He gave up this position to become chaplain and private secretary to Archbishop Tait of Canterbury and held the latter position for five years. From 1882 to 1883 he served in a similar capacity to Are bishop Benson, Lord Davidson was from 1881 to 1883, chaplain Bishop Lightfoot of Durham, subalmoner to Queen Victoria in 1882, fand one of the six preachers of Canterbury Cathedral from 1880 to 1883, From the latter year, and tuntil- 18091, he was Dean of Winds and domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria and for ten years after that he was Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, He held a similar appointment to King Edward VII from 1901 to 1903.
From 1884, the former Archbishop of Canterbury was a Trustee of the British Museum. Hix bishopric appointments included the Bishopric bf Rochester, 181-95 and the Bishopric of Winchester, 1895-1903, In the latter year, he was made Archbishop of Canterbury.
Apart from the many literary deixrees which were conferred upon him, he was Prelate to the Order of the Garter from 1805 to 1903. In 1904, he w ted a Grand Comment to the concentration of the: British forces to the west of the Canal in the neighbourhood of Temailia, subject to a reduction from' twenty-five to twenty years of the period during which the 'Treaty' would not be open to revision except bby mutual com was recognized early in the proceedings that. the Sudan, which was the subject of clause XIII of the past year's proposals, was going to present a formidable problem and, fas events proved, it was the inability. to reach an accord upon the phrasing] of this Article that caused the final breakdown of the negotiations.
During the discussions an ad-Journment was sought to enable the Egyptian Premier, Nahas Pasha, to (consult his colleagues in Cairo. "Ul timately, on May 5, he communicat~ a complete but modified draft] treaty with two alternatives for the Sudan Article, together with a new:
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