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The Chipping Norton set is a group of media, political and show-business acquaintances who have homes near the market town of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, England. Chipping Norton is located approximately 75 miles from London. The group gained media attention in the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, which directly involved members of the group.[not verified in body]
The term "Chipping Norton set" was included in the 19th edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, published in 2012.
In 2012, The Daily Telegraph identified the following people as being part of a "Chipping Norton Set":
Other prominent local residents include Anthony Bamford, Baron Bamford, chairman of J. C. Bamford (JCB) and his wife Carole, who live in Daylesford House in nearby Daylesford, Gloucestershire; Anthony Bamford is a major donor to the Conservative Party.
The guestlist for Rebekah and Charlie Brooks' wedding reception near Chipping Norton in 2009 was described by The Guardian as a "powerlist." Guests included then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron, and the CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch. Rebekah Brooks was the editor of The Sun at the time of her marriage.
The couple repeated their vows in a lakeside ceremony in front of 240 guests, who included Jeremy Clarkson (at whose house the couple met). Other guests included Will Lewis, Charles Dunstone, Dow Jones chief executive Les Hinton, and Rupert Murdoch's children James and Elisabeth, and Elisabeth's husband Matthew Freud.
On 23 December 2010, James Murdoch and Prime Minister David Cameron were guests at a dinner at the home of Rebekah and Charlie Brooks. Brooks was by then chief executive of News International (a subsidiary of News Corporation), and Murdoch was chairman of BSkyB in which News Corporation has a controlling minority stake. The meal took place two days after Cameron had been forced to replace the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, as the minister scrutinising News Corporation's bid for BSkyB. Until April 2012 Cameron had refused to issue an outright denial that he spoke about BSkyB during the dinner with Murdoch in 2010.
Murdoch confirmed that they had discussed the bid at the dinner in his testimony to the Leveson Inquiry in April 2012. James Murdoch said he sought assurances at the meal that Jeremy Hunt, who took over Cable's brief, would be more "objective"; Cable had told undercover The Daily Telegraph reporters he had "declared war on Mr Murdoch." Cable was referring to James Murdoch's father, Rupert.
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The Chipping Norton set is a group of media, political and show-business acquaintances who have homes near the market town of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, England. Chipping Norton is located approximately 75 miles from London. The group gained media attention in the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, which directly involved members of the group.[not verified in body]
The term "Chipping Norton set" was included in the 19th edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, published in 2012.
In 2012, The Daily Telegraph identified the following people as being part of a "Chipping Norton Set":
Other prominent local residents include Anthony Bamford, Baron Bamford, chairman of J. C. Bamford (JCB) and his wife Carole, who live in Daylesford House in nearby Daylesford, Gloucestershire; Anthony Bamford is a major donor to the Conservative Party.
The guestlist for Rebekah and Charlie Brooks' wedding reception near Chipping Norton in 2009 was described by The Guardian as a "powerlist." Guests included then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron, and the CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch. Rebekah Brooks was the editor of The Sun at the time of her marriage.
The couple repeated their vows in a lakeside ceremony in front of 240 guests, who included Jeremy Clarkson (at whose house the couple met). Other guests included Will Lewis, Charles Dunstone, Dow Jones chief executive Les Hinton, and Rupert Murdoch's children James and Elisabeth, and Elisabeth's husband Matthew Freud.
On 23 December 2010, James Murdoch and Prime Minister David Cameron were guests at a dinner at the home of Rebekah and Charlie Brooks. Brooks was by then chief executive of News International (a subsidiary of News Corporation), and Murdoch was chairman of BSkyB in which News Corporation has a controlling minority stake. The meal took place two days after Cameron had been forced to replace the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, as the minister scrutinising News Corporation's bid for BSkyB. Until April 2012 Cameron had refused to issue an outright denial that he spoke about BSkyB during the dinner with Murdoch in 2010.
Murdoch confirmed that they had discussed the bid at the dinner in his testimony to the Leveson Inquiry in April 2012. James Murdoch said he sought assurances at the meal that Jeremy Hunt, who took over Cable's brief, would be more "objective"; Cable had told undercover The Daily Telegraph reporters he had "declared war on Mr Murdoch." Cable was referring to James Murdoch's father, Rupert.