Frederick Donaldson (priest)
{{Short description|English Anglican priest (1860–1953)}}
{{for|the English footballer|Fred Donaldson}}
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| name = Frederick Donaldson
| image = Frederick Donaldson Church League for Women's Suffrage meeting in Brighton 1913 (sq cropped).jpg
| caption = Donaldson at a Church League for Women's Suffrage meeting in Brighton in 1913
| birth_name = Frederick Lewis Donaldson
| birth_date = 10 September 1860
| birth_place = Ladywood
| death_date = 7 October 1953
| death_place = Westminster
| occupation = Priest
| spouse = {{Marriage|Louise Eagleston|1886}}
}}
Frederick Lewis Donaldson (10 September 1860 – 7 October 1953) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Westminster from 1937 to 1946.Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 11, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 52129
Life
Donaldson was born in Ladywood, Birmingham, England on 10 September 1860 and educated at Christ Church Cathedral School and Merton College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1884.{{alox2|title=Donaldson, Rev. Frederick Lewis}} He was ordained Deacon in 1884; and Priest in 1885. While Curate at St Nicholas Cole Abbey he married Louise Eagleston:'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' "Jackson's Oxford Journal" (Oxford, England), Saturday, January 16, 1886; Issue 6930 they had two sons and four daughters. After further curacies in Piccadilly Circus and Hammersmith he was appointed Rector of Nailstone.PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Thursday, February 7, 1895; Issue 14584 He was Vicar of St Mark's Church, Leicester from 1896 to 1918;Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p361 London: Oxford University Press, 1929 and then of Paston until 1924. He was a Canon of Westminster from 1924 to 1951; Sub-Dean, 1944–1951, Steward, 1927–1931, Treasurer, 1931–1951, and Receiver-General, 1938–1951.‘DONALDSON, Rev. Frederic Lewis’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U236639, accessed 15 Oct 2017]
Donaldson was a founder member of the Church Socialist League, and chaired the organisation from 1913 until 1916. He was also an early member of the Christian Social Union, sat on the council of the Industrial Christian Fellowship. He was a leader of a march of unemployed workers from Leicester to London, in 1905.{{cite journal |title=Deaths: Canon Frederic Lewis Donaldson |journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1954 |page=38}} In 1913, Donaldson led a deputation of Church of England clergy to the prime minister, H. H. Asquith, demanding women's suffrage. Being passionate about world peace, he was the president of the London Council for the Prevention of War (1927) and chairman of the League of Clergy for Peace (1931–40).{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-47177|title=Donaldson, Frederick Lewis (1860–1953), Church of England clergyman and Christian socialist {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/47177|access-date=2019-03-10}}
On 1 April 1925, Donaldson in an address as Canon of Westminster Abbey, listed his "seven social evils" as:{{Cite web| title=Evils of World are Outlined | url=http://images.gr-assets.com/quotes/1435957881p8/32234.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402020644/http://images.gr-assets.com/quotes/1435957881p8/32234.jpg | archive-date=2017-04-02}}
- Politics without principle.
- Wealth without work.
- Pleasure without conscience.
- Knowledge without character.
- Commerce and industry without morality.
- Science without humanity.
- Worship without sacrifice.
This list was sent to Mahatma Gandhi, who published a similar version in his weekly newspaper Young India on 22 October 1925.The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (electronic edition), Vol. 33, pp. 133-134. {{ISBN|8123007353}}, {{ISBN|9788123007359}} {{OCLC|655798065}}
Animal welfare
Donaldson was an opponent of blood sports. In 1927, he was a member of the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports Advisory Committee.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports|url=https://www.henrysalt.co.uk/humanitarian-league/league-for-the-prohibition-of-cruel-sports/|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Henry S. Salt Society|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2024|title=League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports|url=https://henrysalt.com/league-for-the-prohibition-of-cruel-sports/|website=Henry S. Salt Foundation|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721224229/https://henrysalt.com/league-for-the-prohibition-of-cruel-sports/|url-status=live}} He was also a vice-president of the League.{{cite journal|year=1934|title=League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports|journal=Cruel Sports|url=https://ocr.lib.ncsu.edu/ocr/mc/mc00456-001-bx0002-030-004/mc00456-001-bx0002-030-004.pdf|volume=8|issue=5|pages=40}}
Death
Donaldson died in Westminster on 7 October 1953.
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