Cosmo Gordon Lang [SEP] father
his own high standards. Others have praised his qualities of industry, his efficiency and his commitment to his calling.
Early life.
Early life Childhood and family.
Cosmo Gordon Lang was born in 1864 at the manse in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, the third son of the local Church of Scotland minister, the Reverend John Marshall Lang, and his wife Hannah Agnes Lang. Cosmo was baptised at Fyvie church by a neighbouring minister, the name "William" being added inadvertently to his given names, perhaps because the local
laird was called William Cosmo Gordon. The additional name was rarely used subsequently. In January 1865 the family moved to Glasgow on John Lang's appointment as a minister in the Anderston district. Subsequent moves followed: in 1868 to Morningside, Edinburgh and, in 1873, back to Glasgow when John Lang was appointed minister to the historic Barony Church.
Another of John Lang's sons was the Very Rev Marshall Buchanan Lang, who followed his father into the Church of Scotland, eventually serving as its Moderator in 1935.