 Lang became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1928 . He presided over the 1930 Lambeth Conference , which gave limited church approval to the use of contraception . After denouncing the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and strongly condemning European anti @-@ semitism , Lang later supported the appeasement policies of the British government . In May 1937 he presided over the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth . On retirement in 1942 Lang was raised to the peerage as Baron Lang of Lambeth and continued to attend and speak in House of Lords debates until his death in 1945 . Lang himself believed that he had not lived up to his own high standards . Others , however , have praised his qualities of industry , his efficiency and his commitment to his calling . 
