Editing Archbishop of Canterbury (section)

== Archbishops who became peers ==

From 1660 to 1902, all the archbishops of Canterbury died in office. In 1928, two years before his death, Randall Davidson became the first <!-- at least since 1640, probably ever --> to voluntarily resign his office. All his successors except William Temple (who died in office in 1944) have also resigned their office before death.

All those who retired have been given [[peerage]]s: initially hereditary baronies (although both recipients of such titles died without male heirs and so their titles became extinct on their deaths), and [[life peerage]]s after the enactment of the [[Life Peerages Act 1958]]. Such titles have allowed retired archbishops to retain the seats in the [[House of Lords]] which they held ''ex officio'' before their retirement.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Archbishop !! Title !! Notes
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| [[Randall Davidson]]
| [[Baron Davidson of Lambeth]] in 1928
| Extinct in 1930
|-
| [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]]
| [[Baron Lang of Lambeth]] in 1942
| Extinct in 1945
|-
| [[Geoffrey Fisher]]
| [[Baron Fisher of Lambeth]] for life in 1961
| Extinct in 1972
|-
| [[Michael Ramsey]]
| [[Baron Ramsey of Canterbury]] for life in 1974
| Extinct in 1988
|-
| [[Donald Coggan]]
| [[Baron Coggan]] for life in 1980
| Extinct in 2000
|-
| [[Robert Runcie]]
| [[Baron Runcie]] for life in 1991
| Extinct in 2000
|-
| [[George Carey]]
| [[Baron Carey of Clifton]] for life in 2002
| Extant
|-
| [[Rowan Williams]]
| [[Baron Williams of Oystermouth]] for life in 2013
| Extant (retired from the House in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2020-09-02/debates/44EDE44D-7BFD-4FE3-B916-5ABE37EEB123/RetirementsOfMembers|title=Retirements of Members – Hansard – UK Parliament}}</ref>)
|-
|}