serving bishop (Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham) and nine further retired bishops had added their signatures; on 15 February, the report was rejected by synod. Charity work From 1998 to 2008, he was chairman of the board of Christian Aid. His work with Christian Aid took him around the world, where he has seen at first hand the work of many Christians who are committed to working alongside the world's most needy people. He served as chair for 10 years, being succeeded in June 2008 by Anne Owers. On his retirement as bishop, he became the Chairman of Citizens Advice, serving in that role from 2009 to 2015. Personal life He married Lydia Elizabeth Adam, daughter of the late William Adam and the late Ivy Amelia Adam in 1981. They married in Christchurch, Fulwood in the Diocese of Sheffield. The preacher was Brandon Jackson, Provost of Bradford. Publications God's People in God's World, 1979 The Good of the People, 1988 Love and Liberty, 1997 References External links Diocese of Chelmsford website 1942 births Living people Provosts and Deans of Sheffield Bishops of Chelmsford Bishops of Guildford People from Hertford People educated at Hertford Grammar School Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge Alumni of Cranmer Hall, Durham 20th-century Church of England bishops 21st-century Church of England bishops Staff of St John's College, Durham