On the 12th January 1895, the National Trust was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.

3 comments on “12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust”

  1. Stephen Brown Jan 13, 2016

    Don’t think the final sentence of this is correct Justin – Church of England is way bigger at 26m members. Really enjoy the show tho.

    • History Pod Jan 13, 2016

      A very good point that the Church of England membership is significantly larger, albeit with membership attained through being baptised. I will update this with a clarification that the National Trust is the largest fee-paying membership organisation in the UK.