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Line 45: ==Other religious figures as Lords Temporal== Other religious figures have sat in the House of Lords as Lords Temporal in recent times: [[Chief Rabbi]] [[Immanuel Jakobovits]] was appointed to the House of Lords (~~with the consent of~~by the Queen, who acted on the advice of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), as was his successor Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chiefrabbi.org/ReadContent1849.aspx \|title=Biography of the Chief Rabbi \|publisher=Office of the Chief Rabbi \|location=London, United Kingdom \|access-date=16 November 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001042614/http://www.chiefrabbi.org/ReadContent1849.aspx \|archive-date=1 October 2009 }}</ref> In recognition of his work at reconciliation and in the [[Northern Ireland peace process\|peace process]] in Northern Ireland, [[Robin Eames]], the Church of Ireland (Anglican) [[Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)\|Archbishop of Armagh]], was appointed to the Lords by [[John Major]]. Other Christian clergy appointed include the Methodist minister [[Donald Soper]], the Anglican priest [[Timothy Beaumont]], the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]] ministers Rev. Dr. [[Ian Paisley]] and Rev. Dr. [[William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown\|William McCrea]], and, to date, the only [[Church of Scotland]] cleric to have been elevated to the upper house, Very Rev. [[George MacLeod]].

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