 Benn 's mother , Margaret Wedgwood Benn ( née Holmes , 1897 – 1991 ) , was a theologian , feminist and the founder President of the Congregational Federation . She was a member of the League of the Church Militant , which was the predecessor of the Movement for the Ordination of Women ; in 1925 , she was rebuked by Randall Davidson , the Archbishop of Canterbury , for advocating the ordination of women . His mother 's theology had a profound influence on Benn , as she taught him that the stories in the Bible were based around the struggle between the prophets and the kings and that he ought in his life to support the prophets over the kings , who had power , as the prophets taught righteousness . 
