Gillian Joynson-Hicks

Gillian Evelyn Joynson-Hicks, Viscountess Brentford, OBE (née Schluter; born 22 November 1942) is a British evangelical Anglican and activist. She served as the Third Church Estates Commissioner, one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England, from 1999 to 2005. She was also President of the Church Mission Society (CMS) between 1998 and 2007: the CMS is an evangelical Anglican and ecumenical Protestant missionary organisation.[1][2]

On 21 March 1964, she married Crispin Joynson-Hicks.[2] He became the 4th Viscount Brentford in 1983,[3] and as his wife, she uses the style of Viscountess Brentford.[2] Together they have four children: one son and three daughters.[1]

Honours

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, Joynson-Hicks was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for humanitarian services and for services to the community in London".[4] She served as High Sheriff of East Sussex, a ceremonial role and one of the Monarch's representatives in the county, from 1998 to 1999.[1][5]

References
  1. "Brentford, Viscountess". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U8640. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Gillian Evelyn Schluter". The Peerage. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "Brentford". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U8639. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. p. 10.
  5. "Privy Council Office". The London Gazette (55079). 25 March 1998. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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