treasurer from 1990 to 1994. Since 1981, Christopher is also trustee of the Trades Union Unit Trust Charitable Trust and since 1998 of the Douglas Houghton Memorial Fund. Honours In the 1984 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1989 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). On 30 July 1998, he was created a life peer as Baron Christopher, of Leckhampton in the County of Gloucestershire, taking the Labour whip. Following the death of Lord Carrington in July 2018, Christopher became the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords. In March 2021, he took a leave of absence from the House of Lords. Since 1962, he has been married to Adela Joy Thompson. Works Policy for Poverty (1970) The Wealth Report (1979) The Wealth Report 2 (1982) References 1925 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Labour Party (UK) life peers General secretaries of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation Living people People educated at Pate's Grammar School Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Presidents of the Trades Union Congress Life peers created by Elizabeth II