Early Life
Blofeld's family were landowners in Norfolk and he was the youngest of three siblings. His older brother, Sir John Blofeld, became a High Court judge. Henry Blofeld's father (Tom Blofeld, b. 1903, d. 1986) went to Eton with Ian Fleming and his name may have been the inspiration for the name of James Bond supervillain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Blofeld's uncle was the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe, who captained England on their first-ever tour of the West Indies in 1929/30. His elder brother, Sir John Blofeld, also played in one Minor Counties Championship match for Norfolk against Kent 2nd X1 in July 1957.
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