Russell Rook, Baron Rook

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Reverend and Right Honourable

| name = The Lord Rook

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| office = Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal

| term_start = 20 January 2025
Life peerage

| birth_name = Russell David Rook

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| party = Labour

| children = 2

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Russell David Rook, Baron Rook, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}, is a British Anglican priest and life peer.

Career

Rook is a partner in the Good Faith Partnership and has been involved with various charities.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=OP Russell Rook Awarded OBE |url=https://www.connect.pgs.org.uk/news/op-updates/100/100-OP-Russell-Rook-Awarded-OBE |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Portsmouth Grammar School |language=en}} He served as a Parliamentary aide to Maeve Sherlock, and was an adviser on faith and civil society to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Opposition.{{cite web |title=Dr Russell Rook |url=https://www.concordia.net/community/dr-russell-rook/ |website=Concordia |access-date=18 February 2025}} In 2022, he was ordained a priest in the Church of England, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to social action.{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1044471/new-year-honour-list-2022.pdf|title=2022 New Year's Honours|accessdate=24 February 2025}}

In late 2024, Rook was nominated for a life peerage by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party.{{Cite press release |date=20 December 2024 |title=Political Peerages December 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-december-2024 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=20 December 2024}}{{Cite news |last=Pollock |first=Laura |date=20 December 2024 |title=See the 38 new lifetime peers announced by the UK Government |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24808667.see-new-lifetime-peers-announced-uk-government/ |work=The National |access-date=20 December 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220145456/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24808667.see-new-lifetime-peers-announced-uk-government/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 |url-status=live}} He was created Baron Rook, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton, on 20 January 2025,{{London Gazette |date=24 January 2025 |issue=64639 |page=1182}} and was introduced to the House of Lords on 23 January.{{Cite Hansard |title=Introduction: Lord Rook |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-01-23/debates/C8537680-DBB3-47FB-ABC1-42106B270FBA/IntroductionLordRook |date=23 January 2025 |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |house=House of Lords |volume=842 |column=1803}}

Personal life

Rook is married to Charlotte, a professional cellist. They have two sons.{{Cite web |title=St Dionis {{!}} St Dionis church, church, Jesus, Parsons Green, Fulham |url=https://www.stdionis.org.uk/about_us/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.stdionis.org.uk}}

References

External links

{{UK Peer links

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Category:Living people

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Category:21st-century Church of England clergy

Category:21st-century British politicians

Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Category:Ordained peers

Category:Labour Party (UK) life peers

Category:Life peers created by Charles III

Category:People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School