The Church Association, founded in 1865 by Richard P. Blakeney,[REF] stated in its first annual report[REF] that the objectives of the Association were: .
In 1928 the National Church League, led by its treasurer William Joynson-Hicks[REF] (Home Secretary), was successful in Parliament in resisting attempted Anglo-Catholic doctrinal change to the 1928 Prayer Book [REF].