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