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Congratulates Politics, Law & Religion

GARY STEWART

on his inclusion in the 2019 Powerlist.

Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin well as Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen and Honorary

Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons Chaplain to Roedean School.
She was previously vicar of Holy Trinity Church,
Dalston and All Saints Church, Haggerston, where
The Church of England’s Rev Rose is the first black person she famously staged a rooftop protest on the church to
to hold the position of Chaplain to the Speaker of the highlight the need for funds to repair the fabric of the
House of Commons. The 79th cleric in that role, she was building.
appointed by Speaker John Bercow in 2010. The Rev Rose was awarded an Honorary Doctorate
As the House vicar, her role involves conducting (Doctor of Law) for being an Outstanding Jamaican by the
daily prayers in the Chamber of the House, a weekly University of Technology, Jamaica in November 2017. She
Eucharistic service in the chapel and weddings, marriage was also made a Fellow in Public Theology at Virginia
blessings and baptism of Members of Parliament. She is Theological Seminary in the US.
also responsible for the pastoral care of members and She is also a trustee of the Trusthouse Charitable
staff of the Palace of Westminster. The Rev Rose is priest Foundation, and has twice represented the Church of
in charge of St Mary-at-Hill in the City of London, as England at the World Council of Churches.

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