Sir Edward Stephen Cazalet DL (born 26 April 1936) is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Early life

Edward Cazalet was born in 1936, the son of the Queen Mother's racehorse trainer Peter Cazalet and Leonora Wodehouse, the stepdaughter of

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford where he was master of the university drag hounds. His friends included Sir Simon Hornby, who would later marry his sister, Sheran.

Career

Cazalet is a barrister, High Court judge and an authority on P. G. Wodehouse. He was appointed

Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister o ...

in 1985. Cazalet is the principal trustee of Wodehouse's estate, and in 2016, was "delighted" when the

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acquired the Wodehouse archive in 2016. He is a member of

The Other Club The Other Club is a British political dining society founded in 1911 by Winston Churchill and F. E. Smith. It met to dine fortnightly in the Pinafore Room at the Savoy Hotel during periods when Parliament was in session. The club's members over ...

, a London dining club.

Personal life

He is married to the Honourable Camilla Jane Gage, daughter of Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage and they have children: * David Benedict Cazalet (born 24 June 1967) *

Henry Pelham Cazalet Henry Pelham "Hal" Cazalet (born 16 September 1969) is a British tenor opera singer. Early life Cazalet is the son of Sir Edward Cazalet, a retired High Court judge, and his wife, the Honourable Camilla Jane Gage, daughter of Henry Gage, 6th Vi ...

(born 16 September 1969), opera singer * Lara Cazalet (born 1973), actress

References

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