Sir John Christopher Calthorpe Blofeld (born 11 July 1932) is an English

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and former High Court judge.

Biography

Blofeld was born at

Hoveton Hoveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the Norfolk Broads, and immediately across the River Bure from the village of Wroxham. Whilst Hoveton is north of the river, Wroxham is south; but many ...

Home Farm in Norfolk. His father was at

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...

with

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and his surname is believed to have been the inspiration for the name of

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. He is the elder brother of cricket commentator

Henry Blofeld Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, Sports presenter, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket com ...

. He is a distant relative of the cricketer Hon. Freddie Calthorpe and not his nephew as previously suggested; his son is

Tom Blofeld Thomas Henry Calthorpe Blofeld (born 30 May 1964), known as Tom Blofeld, is a writer of children's books and the owner and CEO of Bewilderwood, an adventure park in Horning, Norfolk. The author of three books for children, '' A Boggle at Bewild ...

. He was educated at

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, Eton, and

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

. In 1961 he married Judith A.H. Mitchell (1932–2013), and they lived at

Hoveton House Hoveton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. It is located within The Broads, the Norfolk Broads, and immediately across the River Bure from the village of Wroxham. Whilst Hoveton i ...

, Hoveton. Blofeld played cricket for

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against the

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Second XI in the

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in 1957.

Career

He was a High Court judge from 1990 to 2001, assigned to the

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. In 2000, he was one of the appeal judges to release the

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.Appeal court frees 'M25 Three'
BBC News, 17 July 2000 He was Master of the

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in 2003.

Motto

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blofeld, John Christopher Calthorpe 1932 births Living people People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Queen's Bench Division judges People from Hoveton Norfolk cricketers English cricketers Knights Bachelor Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk Sportspeople from Norfolk English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel 20th-century English judges People educated at Sunningdale School