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'''Gillian Evelyn Joynson-Hicks''' (nee Schluter), [[Viscountess Brentford]], is an evangelical activist.  She is a patron of the moral conservative advocacy group the [[Family Education Trust]] (formerly [[Family and Youth Concern]]).<ref name="about">Family Education Trust [http://www.famyouth.org.uk/about.php About Us], accessed 22 August 2010</ref>

She became the president of the Evangelical [[Church Mission Society]] in 1998 and the Third [[Church Estates Commissioner]].<ref>Home News, Twelve followers help to choose next archbishop, The Times, 25-February-2002</ref>. She is a chartered accountant by profession and close friend of former archbishop of Canterbury [[George Carey]].<ref>P J Bothrone, Secret list for Carey successor A start has been made in a selection that whittles candidates down to a final two, reports P J Bonthrone, The Daily Telegraph, 17-January-2002</ref> She is also a patron of [[Concordis International]].<ref>Concordis International, Who’s Who, Concordis International, URL: http://www.concordis-international.org/about-us/who-who.html  Accessed 04-April-2012</ref>
[[Viscountess Brentford]] was awarded an OBE in 1996 for ‘for humanitarian services & services to community in London’.<ref>THE GUARDIAN HOME PAGE; Pg. 6, FORMER BBC CHAIRMAN MARMADUKE HUSSEY: BECOMES A BARON; Everton and Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall, receives an MBE; actress Dora Bryan, awarded an OBE; and the former chief prisons inspector, Stephen Tumim, made a knight, The Guardian, 15-June-1996</ref>

Joynson Hicks and her husband [[Viscount Brentford]] are on the evangelical wing of the church and opposed the ordination of the openly gay canon, Dr [[Jeffrey John]], as Bishop of Reading. According to ''[[The Times]]'':

:Significantly, the [[Church Society]], which has led opposition to Dr John and Dr Williams, is headed by [[Viscount Brentford]], an evangelical layman.

:His wife, Lady Brentford, was one of the evangelicals on the [[Archbishops' Council]] inherited by Dr Williams from his predecessor, Dr George Carey. She handed over to the former newspaper editor [[Andreas Whittam Smith]], First Church Estates Commissioner, when she retired last month.<ref>Ruth Gledhill and Lewis Smith Church's two wings are locked in moral combat, ''The Times'' (London) July 8, 2003, Tuesday Home news; 6.</ref>

==Support for the Christian People’s Alliance==

In 2000 Viscountess Brentford wrote a letter to the Daily Telegraph in support of [[Ram Gidoomal]], a candidate for the [[Christian People’s Alliance]].<ref>204 words, Don’t Vote for Norris say Wives, Belfast Telegraph, 2-May-2000</ref>

==High Sheriff Appointment==

In 1998 Viscountess Brentford became the High Sheriff of East Sussex.<ref>Features, High Sheriffs, The Times, 19-March-1998</ref> According to a diary piece in The Times [[Viscountess Brentford]] asked the police if she could ‘come to train with riot police and sit in a squad car chasing criminals - because she said she wants to know what it feels like’.<ref>Jasper Gerard, Diary, The Times, 25-February-1999</ref>

==Links to the Archbishop of Canterbury==


According to the ''Telegraph'', Joynson-Hicks was 'a close friend of [[George Carey|Dr Carey]] and his wife Eileen, she is said to have enormous influence with the Archbishop... Lady Brentford often arrives at meetings in the Archbishop's car.'<ref name="Tel">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1381726/The-13-voting-members-of-the-commission.html The 13 voting members of the commission], ''Daily Telegraph'', 12:01AM GMT 17 Jan 2002</ref>

According to the ''Daily Mail's'' [[Ephraim Hardcastle]] column Joynson-Hicks was given a 'grace and favour cottage at Lambeth Palace she has enjoyed since Dr Carey moved out his gardener to make way for her.' The paper also notes that Joynson-Hicks was at that stage 'on the Crown Appointments Commission considering Dr Carey's successor.'<ref>Ephraim Hardcastle ''Daily Mail'' (London) April 5, 2002, Pg. 15</ref>

The ''Telegraph'' describes her as: 'One of the Great and Good, and with links to Holy Trinity, Brompton, the high temple of fashionable evangelical worship, Lady Brentford is said by some to be "Carey's fixer".'<ref name="Tel"/>


==Affiliations==

[[Anglo-Israel Association]]<ref>Court and Social: Dinners, The Times, 11-December-1987</ref> | [[Corporation of London]]<ref>Court and Social: Banquets and luncheons, The Times, 14-April-1988</ref> | [[World Mission Association]] | [[Mission Aviation Fellowship International]] | [[Kingsway Trust]] | [[Christians in Overseas Service Trust]] | [[Anno Domini Charitable Trust]] | [[Beacon Millenium International Trust]] | [[Central Board of Finance of the Church of England]] | [[Marc Europe]]<ref>Viscountess Gillian Evelyn Brentford, Director Summary, Director Check, URL: http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/904629559 Accessed 03-April-2012</ref> | [[Christian People’s Alliance]] | [[Concordis International]] | [[Family Education Trust]] | [[Counselling Pastoral Trust]], Patron<ref>Counselling Pastoral Trust [http://www.counsellingpray.org/item/patrons-advisors-and-staff.html Patrons, Advisors and Staff], accessed 29 March 2012</ref>

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