Stone of Destiny safe

Stone of Destiny Safe Archdeacon Donaldson told a reporter yesterday that the Stone of Destiny in Westminster Abbey, with the Coronation Chairs, was removed to a secret place of safety some time ago Tradition says that it was on this stone that Jacob pillowed his head when he saw the angels ascending and descending. Scottish …

Funeral of Sarah Louise Donaldson

FUNERAL service took place at Westminster Abbey for Mrs. Louise Donaldson, wife of Canon F. Lewis Donaldson, sub-dean of Westminster, of No. 21, Dean's Yard. Mrs. Donaldson, 87, died Saturday. (Westminster & Pimlico News, 17th March 1950)

Our civilisation is perishing

BASIS OF MISERY "Our Civilisation is Perishing" - Says Canon Donaldson A striking address was delivered by Canon F. L. Donaldson, of Westminster Abbey, at Rugby Parish Church on Sunday afternoon, when an Industrial Sunday service drew a large congregation. The lessons were read by Mr. C. W. Browning (Labour) and Mr. A. H. Law …

Funeral of Edward William Eagleston

Late MR. EAGLESTON Manager of Westminster Bank The funeral of Mr. Edward William Eagleston, of 23, Bentley-road, Cambridge, manager of the Westminster Bank, Cambridge, took place on Saturday. The first part of the service was held in St. Benedict's Church, in the presence of a large congregation. The officiating clergy were: The Rev. E. A. …

Top hat critic

CANON AS TOP HAT CRITIC. SYMBOL OF UNGODLY VICTORIAN This is what Canon Donaldson, Canon of Westminster, thinks of the top hat - as he expressed himself in a speech at Barnet:- "It is a vicious, vile, ugly symbol of the ungodly Victorian. "It is hard, unyielding, uncomfortable, and pretentious, with an outside gloss and …

Favourite with Ramsay MacDonald

FAVOURITE WITH RAMSAY. The new Canon of Westminster is clearly Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's own choice. Canon Donaldson, who succeeds Canon Barnes (now Bishop of Birmingham), is a Socialist as well as a Churchman, and Mr. MacDonald has known him personally for many years. He is one of the original members of the Christian Social Union, …

Marriage of Iris Erica Donaldson, 1907

MARRIAGE OF MISS IRIS DONALDSON The marriage of Miss Iris Erica Donaldson to Mr. Laurence Bernard Page, of Downe Lodge, Richmond Hill, Surrey, took place on Tuesday afternoon at S. Mark's Church, Belgrave-gate. The officiating clergy were the Vicar of S. Mark's, Rev. F. Lewis Donaldson, father of the bride, and Rev. A. A. D. …

Made rector of Broughton, Northamptonshire

NEW RECTOR INSTITUTED AT BROUGHTON There was a large congregation at Broughton Parish Church for the institution by the Bishop of Peterborough (Dr. Claude Blagden) and the induction by the Archdeacon of Northampton (Ven C. J. Grimes) of the new rector the Rev. Evan A. L. Donaldson, son of the Ven. F. L. Donaldson, Canon, …

Speeches at Mansfield Hall, Peterborough

ARCHDEACON AND MRS. DONALDSON Addresses at Mansfield Hall Meeting PHILIP SNOWDEN REMINISCENCE Archdeacon Donaldson, of Westminster Abbey, and Mrs. Donaldson, J.P., visited Peterborough on Wednesday to address a meeting in the Mansfield Hall. The Archdeacon, it will be recalled, is a former Rector of Paston. Mrs. Mansfield, chairman of the Women's Central Committee of the …

Regular attendance in the Leicester schools

REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN THE LEICESTER SCHOOLS. The Rev. F. L. Donaldson and Mrs. Donaldson to-day contribute letters on an important subject which evoked some discussion at the last meeting of the Education Committee, and to which we referred on Tuesday. It is the custom of presenting certificates to the pupils who have contributed to be …

Talk to an audience in Loughborough

LOUGHBOROUGH. The wives and mothers of men serving in the navy and army were entertained at Loughborough Town Hall, on Saturday, by the local Sailors' and Soldiers' Dependents' Committee, of which the Mayoress (Mrs. W. W. Coltman) is the head. There was an excellent attendance, nearly 400 spending an enjoyable afternoon. Miss Cradock was the …

Bouquet on Unknown Warrior’s tomb

BOUQUET ON UNKNOWN WARRIOR'S TOMB 'From the Duchess of Gloucester' Some time after the last visitor had left and the doors of Westminster Abbey had been locked for the night last night Canon Donaldson chanced to enter. As he passed the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior he saw in the dimness of the evening light …

Donaldson’s Seven Social Sins, 1925

SEVEN SOCIAL SINS. CANON DONALDSON CONDEMNS WEALTH WITHOUT WORK. Canon Donaldson at St. Ann's Church, Manchester, yesterday, spoke about seven social sins, approaching them, he explained, from the corporate point of view. The first he named was politics without principle; the second, wealth without work, in the sense of consumption without return, whether committed by …

Confiscation of private property

WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Rev. F. L. Donaldson resembles other and less cultured Socialists in that his admiration for the policy of confiscating private property - a policy euphemistically called "Socialisation" - falls off considerably as soon as it is proposed to apply the process to the pockets of himself and of his own class. When …

Shoe trade criticism of Rev Donaldson

LEICESTER WOMEN WORKERS. Shoe Trade Criticism of the Rev. F. L. Donaldson. Anent the recent address on "Women and Justice" by the Rev. F. L. Donaldson, the Vicar of St. Mark's, Leicester, the "Shoe and Leather Record" observes: "It passes our comprehension how any person resident in Leicester should have any misconception as to the …

The soul of the labour unrest

REV. F. L. DONALDSON AT RATBY. Under the auspices of the National Union of Quarrymen, the Rev. F. L. Donaldson, Vicar of St. Mark's, Leicester, gave his address at Ratby on Saturday on "The Soul of the Labour Unrest." The rev. gentleman said that Socialism of a high moral standard was taking hold of most …

Socialism and poverty

SOCIALISM AND POVERTY. (To the Editor of the "Leicester Mail.") Sir, - The Rev. F. L. Donaldson seems to imagine that the class who have large incomes spend it all in waste, thus robbing others of food. He would probably find if he made inquiries that they spend less in luxury and waste and large …

Protest against the Cat and Mouse Act, 1913

[Photo: Heawood, Leicester. With acknowledgments to the Church Socialist League. The Rev. F. Lewis Donaldson The approaches to Downing Street were well guarded with police on Thursday afternoon in last week, when a deputation of ten clergymen walked peaceably down Whitehall and endeavoured to interview the Prime Minister at his official residence. Their object was …

Home destroyed

ARCH. DONALDSON'S HOME DESTROYED All Personal Possessions Lost Archdeacon and Mrs. Donaldson were made homeless by the night air raid in London on Saturday, their house in the Abbey Little Cloisters, Westminster, being destroyed. "No. 3 was one of the loveliest houses in which my wife and I have spent many happy and placid years," …

Hymns at Westminster Abbey

Hymns in Bomb-Torn Abbey A BIG congregation attended morning service in bombed Westminster Abbey yesterday. An altar was erected in the nave before the screen, the gates of which were closed to shut off the choir and sanctuary where the raid damage was wrought a week ago. There was no choir, but the responses and …

His home bombed

AGED ARCHDEACON TWICE BOMBED Archdeacon F. L. Donaldson, of Westminster, whose residence in Little Cloisters was destroyed in the bombing of Westminster Abbey on Saturday, is an uncle of Group Capt. U. Ewart, RAAF, of Headquarters, Southern Area. Group Capt. Ewart said yesterday that, although the archdeacon was over 70, he had remained indomitably at …

He led the march of the 500

He led the march of the 500 CANON DONALDSON The 'Grand Old Man' of Westminster Abbey, Canon F. Lewis Donaldson, whose death at the age of 93 has deprived the Abbey of a devout Churchman and a personality, was until the last profoundly interested in everything that went on in and around the building. Right …

Funeral of Canon Lewis Donaldson

Funeral of Canon L. Donaldson EX-CITY VICAR BURIED IN ABBEY FOR THE FIRST time since the Coronation ceremony, part of Westminster Abbey was opened to the public yesterday afternoon for the funeral of Canon Lewis Donaldson, former Vicar of St. Mark's, Leicester, and Sub-Dean at the Abbey until his retirement two years ago. Canon Donaldson …

Ban on Labour preacher

LATEST NEWS. BAN ON LABOUR PREACHER. Dean of Gloucester and Canon Donaldson. DR. GEE “NO STATEMENT TO MAKE.” In reply to an inquiry on Tuesday, the Dean of Gloucester (Dr. Henry Gee) said he had no statement to make regarding his refusal to allow Canon Donaldson, of Westminster Abbey, to preach in Gloucester Cathedral at …

The Donaldsons

A LONDONER'S DIARY. Labour Hopes from Tory Split - Preferment for Canon Donaldson? - A Big No-Smoking Push? (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, Thursday Morning. [...] A LABOUR DEAN? I SHOULD not be surprised if Canon Donaldson is the new Dean of Lincoln. It was Mr. MacDonald who appointed him to the canonry of Westminster, and …