Revd Nicholas Mercer. Educated at St Andrews and Oxford University. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1990 and subsequently commissioned into the Army Legal Service 1991. He served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia Herzegovina, Cyprus and Germany and was an instructor at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo 2001-2011. Command Legal Adviser for the HQ 1st (UK) Armoured Division during the Iraq War 2003. Ordained 2011 and named Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2011-2012 . Trustee of Redress since 2011 and member of Liberty Policy Council. Rector of Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire since 2019.