Edward Cazalet

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Sir Edward Cazalet

DL
Born
Edward Stephen Cazalet

(1936-04-26) 26 April 1936 (age 86) [1]
Marylebone, London, England
Education Eton
Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationBarrister and judge
SpouseHon. Camilla Jane Gage
Children3, including Hal Cazalet and Lara Cazalet
Parent(s) Peter Cazalet
Leonora Wodehouse
Relatives P. G. Wodehouse
Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage (father-in-law)

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

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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. [2] He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford where he was master of the university drag hounds. [1] His friends included Sir Simon Hornby, who would later marry his sister, Sheran. [3]

Career

Cazalet is a barrister, High Court judge and an authority on P. G. Wodehouse. [2] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985. [4] Cazalet is the principal trustee of Wodehouse's estate, and in 2016, was "delighted" when the British Library acquired the Wodehouse archive in 2016. [5] He is a member of The Other Club, a London dining club.

Personal life

He is married to the Honourable Camilla Jane Gage, daughter of Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage [6] and they have children:

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