Editing National Trust (section)

===Centenary===
The last three decades of the 20th century saw a large increase in membership of the Trust from 160,000 in 1968 to over two million by the time of its centenary in 1995, much of it down to the Trust's employment of a director of public relations, as recommended by the Benson report, and regional information officers. Starting in the 1970s, tea rooms and souvenir shops were opened in Trust properties, and in 1984 a company was set up to operate the trading activities. Programmes of events, including plays and concerts, and educational activities were organised at Trust properties.{{r|Acorn|p=258–268}} In 1986 the Trust appointed its first female chairman, Dame Jennifer Jenkins.{{r|Acorn|p=335}}

When the Trust reached its centenary in 1995 it owned or looked after 223 houses, 159 gardens, {{convert|670,000|acres|ha km2 sqmi}} of open countryside, and {{convert|530|miles}} of coastline.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/national-trust-marks-centenary-1567760.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/national-trust-marks-centenary-1567760.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=National Trust marks centenary |work=The Independent |date=13 January 1995}}</ref>

In the 1990s, there was a dispute within the Trust over [[deer hunting#United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland|stag hunting]], which was the subject of much debate at annual general meetings. The Trust banned stag hunting on its land in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/621220.stm |title=National Trust renews deer hunt ban |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2007}}</ref>