Hardwicke Rawnsley money to buy Brandlehow Wood, the National Trust's first purchase in the Lake District. In 1898, Rawnsley was offered the bishopric of Madagascar, but declined it, feeling himself committed to his conservation work in the Lake District and, by then, in many other parts of the British countryside. In 1912 he was appointed to the largely honorary position of chaplain to the King, and he held the post of chaplain to the Border Regiment of the Territorial Force, with the rank of colonel. Rawnsley published more than forty books, mostly non-fiction, some on religious subjects, many with a Lake District
Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity in the order's convents, where they were required to work without remuneration, made to suffer psychological distress, and, in some cases, had their babies stolen from them to be placed with "more traditional" families. As of 2008, there were about 1,300 members in 22 countries, including Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and most Latin American countries. Project "Hope", founded in 1999, includes three homes for women who have been involved in prostitution or human trafficking. Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity Adoratrices Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1856