is very bright. He is a very consistent person in that he knows his own mind and doesn't mind if everyone else disagrees with him. He is very intelligent and prepared to take a stand for something he believes in, even if it's not going with the mainstream." Dudley justified his actions in an article in the New Statesman magazine. Orthodoxy In March 2018, Dudley was received into the Russian Orthodox Church as a layman. Other work Dudley was elected to the City Court of Common Council representing Aldersgate Ward in January 2002. He served on various City of London Corporation committees as well as being a governor of the Museum of London and a member of the Trust for London (formerly the City Parochial Foundation). He did not stand for re-election in the 2017 elections. In 1996, Dudley was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London and is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers. Personal life Dudley married Paula Jones, a chiropodist, in 1976; they have two sons. Honours On 23 October 1997, Dudley was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farriers, an honorary liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers and an honorary freeman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers. He is a past master of the Guild of Public Relations Practitioners. He received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from City University in 2014. Publications (qv: Geoffrey Rowell, formerly Bishop of Europe) References External links St Bartholomew-the-Great website City of London Corporation committees Museum of London governors Trust for London committee member 1953 births Living people People from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Bayes Business School Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Alumni of St Michael's College, Llandaff 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests English book editors English religious writers Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London Serving Brothers of the Order of St John Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Associates of King's College London Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Anglicanism English Eastern Orthodox Christians Members of the Russian Orthodox Church