The Henson Journals

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Friday, July 10th, 1914.

I called at the Ecclesiastical Commission Office, & saw Sir Lewis Dibdin. He seemed somewhat discomposed by his encounter with Lord Sheffield, who has evidently laid himself out for an attack on the Convocations. I borrowed his (Dibdin's) notes. Then I attended the Representative Church Council. As I entered, some Suffragettes started protesting from the gallery. Scarcely had they been removed, before the disturbance was renewed in another quarter, where a young & smartly dressed female held forth with astonishing vigour & volubility. The Abp. was disposed to permit her to speak, but when she announced her intention of going on until she was removed, his Grace caused her also to be thrust forth.

Ella & I lunched with Mrs Lowther. She and Miss L. were good enough to profess great regret at my departure. They say that the congregation in S. Margt's is falling off. On our way back to Little Cloisters, we called in at the Church, and were warmly welcomed by Mr Ramsay, whose estimate of my successor is clearly by no means flattering.

We dined with Mary & Linetta, & went to "When Knights were bold" at the Apollo Theatre.

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Issues and controversies: female suffrage