Religion and belief

Born 25 May 1944; s of late Donald Anderson and Elizabeth Nance Ethel Anderson; m 1965, Judith Harris

Director, Social Affairs Unit, 1980–2004

Born 16 July 1931; s of Oswald Hulton Austin and Evelyn Austin; m 1962, Roberta Anise Thompson; one s

Archdeacon of York, 1988–99, now Emeritus; broadcaster, writer...

MA (Oxon)

Born 22 Nov. 1928; o s of Major and Hon. Mrs M. W. Beaumont; m 1955, Mary Rose Wauchope; one s two d...

OBE 1997

Born 2 March 1926; s of late Arthur William and Matilda Beeson; m 1950, Josephine Grace Cope (d 1997); two d

writer; Dean of Winchester, 1987–96, now Dean Emeritus...

OBE 2005

Born 1 Dec. 1934; s of late Rev. Canon Cecil and Sylvia Bewes; m 1st, 1964, Elisabeth Ingrid Jaques (d 2006); two ...

Born London 28 July 1970; d of David and Kate Birk; two s one d

Rabbi, Finchley Progressive Synagogue, since 2011

CBE 1984

Born 11 Jan. 1925; s of John Wesley Bleakley and Sarah Bleakley (née Wylie); m 1949, Winifred Wason; three s

PC (NI) 1971; President, Church Mission (formerly Church Missionary) Society, 1983–97...

OBE 1994

Born 6 Feb. 1930; s of late Harry and Hetty Blue; died 19 Dec. 2016

former broadcaster and author; Lecturer, Leo Baeck College, 1967–2013; Convener of the Beth Din (Ecclesiastical Court) of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, 1971–88...

Born 30 July 1935; s of Gordon Westerdale Bowker and Marguerite (née Burdick); m 1963, Margaret Roper; one s

Hon. Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, since 1985; Adjunct Professor of Religion, North Carolina State University, since 1986; Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, since 1986...

Born 9 Aug. 1934; s of late Prof. Robert Ogilvie Buchanan and of Kathleen Mary (née Parnell); m 1963; two d

Area Bishop of Woolwich, 1996–2004; an Hon. Assistant Bishop: Diocese of Bradford, 2004–14; Diocese of Leeds (formerly West Yorkshire and The Dales), since 2014...