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Jonathan Aitken to visit Hungerford – from power to prison chaplain
15 March 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
St Lawrence’s Church, Hungerford are pleased to announce the opportunity to meet a controversial yet interesting visitor to the town.
Rev Jonathan Aitken has offered to visiton Friday, 15th March, in the Croft Hall, Hungerford at 7.30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) to tell us about his life’s journey. He will be bringing an ex-prisoner colleague with him. There will be an opportunity for questions after his talk and he is willing to sign any of his books purchased on the night.
Tickets cost £20 to include a glass of wine on arrival and nibbles at the end of the evening, when the bar will be open. The event will finish around 9.15 p.m.
All profits from the evening will be donated to the fund for the Church refurbishments.
Jonathan is a former Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament, ex-prisoner and now priest and part time prison chaplain at HMP Pentonville.
His political career included 23 years as a Member of Parliament. He was Minister of State for Defence and Chief Secretary to the Treasury and is a published author of many award-winning books.
In 1974 he became a Conservative Member of Parliament spending eighteen years on the backbenches until being appointed Minister of State for Defence in 1992. He joined the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1994.
His political career ended when he told a lie on oath in a libel action. Subsequently he pleaded guilty to charges of perjury and served a seven-month prison sentence in 1999.
After graduating with Distinction in theology after two years at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (2000-2002) he began a new career as a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster.
In 2018 he was ordained and is now a priest and part time prison chaplain at HMP Pentonville.
Tickets are available from friends@stlawrenceshungerford.org.uk, through Eventbrite (search for the event ‘Jonathan Aitken’) and also available to purchase on the door.
