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Church of England Men's Society

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The Church of England Men's Society was founded in 1899 by Archbishop Frederick Temple to bring men together to socialise in a Christian environment.

It began by amalgamating the Church of England's Young Men's Society, the Young Men's Friendly Society, and the Men's Help Society into one organisation.[1] In the first years of the 20th century Cosmo Gordon Lang became its first Chairman.[2] It has often taken a strong viewpoint on such national issues as the force feeding of suffragettes.[3]

References

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  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ "Cosmo Lang" Beaken, R p 14: London Taurus, 2012 ISBN 978 1 78076 355 2
  3. ^ Church Times