Nicholas Arthur Frayling KStJ (born 29 February 1944) is a British Church of England priest.
[1] His father, Major Arthur Frederick Frayling, OBE (1910–1993),[2] late of the Royal Army Service Corps,[3] was chairman of the Hudson's Bay fur auction house in London and of the International Fur Trade Federation;[4] his mother, Barbara Kathleen ("Betty"), daughter of record and audio equipment store owner Alfred Imhof, was a driver in international car rallies, and won the RAC Rally with her brother, Godfrey Imhof, in 1952.
He studied theology at the University of Exeter, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1969.
[16][17] Nicholas Frayling is a former trustee of the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour[18] and a former chairman of its predecessor organisation Natural Justice.
[20] In 2001, Frayling was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree by the University of Liverpool.
[22] Frayling was appointed Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ), in April 2020.