Oliver Popplewell
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Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell is a former British judge and cricket player. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken MP against The Guardian newspaper which eventually led to Aitken's imprisonment for perjury, and was widely reported for asking "What is Linford's lunchbox?" during a case over which he was presiding, brought by Linford Christie. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1994-96. He wrote a book about his legal career.
Popplewell's father was a civil servant. A widower, Sir Oliver remarried fellow-barrister Dame Elizabeth Gloster in March 2008. He is the father of four sons, the eldest of whom is the Cambridge University and Somerset cricketer, Nigel Popplewell, and another of whom (Andrew) is also a High Court Judge. He has 13 grandchildren amongst whom is the actress Anna Popplewell.
Popplewell went to Charterhouse School as a scholar, where he played cricket with Peter May and future politician Jim Prior, and after spending two years of National Service in the Royal Navy, he went to Queens' College, Cambridge as an exhibitioner. He was awarded a BA degree in 1950 and an LL.B. in 1951.
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