Personal Life
Popplewell was born in Northwood, Middlesex. His father, aged 47 when Oliver was born, was a civil servant in the Board of Trade. 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.
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