Simon Heffer

Early life and education

Son of James Heffer (died 1971), of Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex, and Joyce Mary, née Clements, Simon Heffer was born at Chelmsford, and was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School there before going to read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MA); after he had become a successful journalist and author, his old university awarded him a PhD degree in History for his 1998 biography of Enoch Powell.