William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford

William Joynson-Hicks against the revised Prayer Book, December 15, 1927 The Church of England's revised Prayer Book needed the approval of Parliament. It came from the bishops, the Church Assembly had approved it and the Lords had passed it, so the Commons was expected to follow. Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary and a leading evangelical, attacked it as a drift from the Church's Protestant principles; the Bishop of Durham wrote that he made the speech of his life. The Labour member Rosslyn Mitchell followed with a vehement speech also said to be very effective. The Commons rejected the book that night, and rejected a reworked version in 1928. A rare case of argument on the floor overturning the settled plans of an established church.