Crispin William Joynson-Hicks
Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, (born 7 April 1933) the fourth Viscount Brentford, is a British aristocrat and member of the House of Lords.
Joynson Hicks and his wife Viscountess 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.[1]
Joynson-Hicks is President of the Church Society, a role also held by his father Lancelot Joynson-Hicks the 3rd Viscount Brentford before him.[2]
Contents
Background
Joynson Hicks 'is a senior partner in Joynson-Hicks and Co, the family law firm started in the last century. He once served in the 9th Lancers.'[3] According to a report in the Australian press:
- In the early 1970s Viscount Brentford and his late father were both duped into becoming directors of a bizarre and shady money-gathering real estate trust called Real Estate Fund of America. The proprietor was a New York conman called Jerome D Hoffman who eventually fled the UK leaving a string of bad debts.
- The collapse of the fund dealt a fatal blow to the career of Reginald Maudling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who subsequently resigned.
- The fund was exposed in 1972 by a reporter for the British television current affairs program World In Action in a film called The Rise and Fall of Jerome Hoffman. I know, because I was that reporter.[3]
Proposed bill on Abortion
In 1996 Joynson-Hicks launched a 'bid to outlaw abortion on grounds of Down's Syndrome'. Joynson-Hicks reportedly 'said his Termination of Pregnancy (Restriction) Bill, which received a formal first reading, would "amend the Abortion Act 1967 to prohibit the termination of pregnancy on the grounds that a child, if born, would suffer from Down's Syndrome".'[4] The proposal was not successful.
Affiliations
Chairman of the Evangelical Alliance Executive Board, circa 1999[5] | Campaign President Keep Marriage Special, April 2012[6] | chair of the trustees of Premier Christian Radio in the Greater London area, circa 1999[7] | Keep Sunday Special Campaign, Chair, circa 1987-1992[8][9][10]
Company Directorships
- Ashburnham Christian Trust DIRECTOR Appointed: PRE 09/11/1991 Company Number: 00653062
- Intercontinental Church Society DIRECTOR Appointed: 01/01/1999 Company Number: 03630342
- Evangelical Alliance DIRECTOR Appointed: PRE 12/10/1991 Resigned: 16/09/1993 DIRECTOR Appointed: 26/05/1994 Resigned: 10/03/2005 Company Number: 00123448
- TW Trustee Company DIRECTOR Appointed: PRE 31/12/1991 Resigned: 11/10/1995 Company Number: 00948978
- Church Army DIRECTOR Appointed: 14/02/1995 Resigned: 10/10/2000 Company Number: 00037169[11]
See also
- Gillian Joynson-Hicks, wife
Notes
- ↑ Ruth Gledhill and Lewis Smith Church's two wings are locked in moral combat, The Times (London) July 8, 2003, Tuesday Home news; 6.
- ↑ John Maiden and Peter Webster 'Parliament, the Church of England and the last gasp of political protestantism, 1963-41' [Article forthcoming in Parliamentary History, to appear in 2012/13. This version is that accepted for publication, but before the (minor) amendments made in response to peer review and before copy-editing. Accessed 12 April 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ALEX MITCHELL PICKARD PICKS HIS FRIENDS;LONDON NOTEBOOK The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia), July 4, 1993 Sunday Late Edition, NEWS AND FEATURES; Pg. 32
- ↑ Andrew Evans, Lords Staff, PA News ABORTION CURB BID LAUNCHED, Press Association, May 14, 1996, Tuesday
- ↑ Evangelical Alliance, New appointment for Viscount Brentford From "EAUK Press Office" <press@eauk.org> Date 15 Feb 1999 10:18:16 For Immediate Release: 15/2/99, Accessed 12 April 2012
- ↑ Protestant Truth Society Prayer Letter for April 2012, Accessed 12 April 2012
- ↑ Andrew Evans, Lords Staff, PA News, GOVERNMENT CONCEDES RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS 'ANOMALY' Press Association, July 21, 1999, Wednesday
- ↑ SHEILA GUNN, Political Staff, End Column: Sunday racing a stage nearer The Times (London), July 16 1987, Thursday, Issue 62822.
- ↑ KEEP SUNDAY SPECIAL CAMPAIGN WELCOMES LORDS' DEBATE, PR Newswire Europe, February 9, 1989
- ↑ KSS WELCOMES BILL AND LAUNCHES "SUNDAY MANIFESTO" PR Newswire Europe, February 19, 1992
- ↑ Source: Data at companies House, accessed 12 April 2012
