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]
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".'[3] The proposal was not successful.
Affiliations
- Ashburnham Christian Trust, Director | Intercontinental Church Society, Director | Chairman of the Evangelical Alliance Executive Board, circa 1999[4] | Campaign President Keep Marriage Special, April 2012[5] | chair of the trustees of Premier Christian Radio in the Greater London area, circa 1999[6] |
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.
- ↑ 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
