Russell David Rook, Baron Rook, , is a British Anglican priest and

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Career

Rook is a partner in the Good Faith Partnership and has been involved with various charities. He served as a Parliamentary aide to

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, and was an adviser on faith and civil society to

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when he was Leader of the Opposition. In 2022, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

a priest in the

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, and appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to social action. In late 2024, Rook was nominated for a

age by Prime Minister

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for the Labour Party. He was created ''Baron Rook, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton'', on 20 January 2025, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 23 January.

Personal life

Rook is married to Charlotte, a professional cellist. They have two sons.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Church of England clergy 21st-century British politicians Officers of the Order of the British Empire Ordained peers Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Charles III People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School {{Life-peer-stub