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The Chipping Norton set refers to a group of media, political and show-business acquaintances who have homes around (but not in) the market town of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, England. Chipping Norton is located approximately 75 miles from London, 46 miles from Birmingham, 31 miles from Swindon and 20 miles from Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon. Members of the Chipping Norton set regularly met socially, but the group gained notoriety in the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal, which directly involved members of the group. Notable meetings of the group have included Rebekah and Charlie Brooks's wedding reception near Chipping Norton, a 2010 Christmas dinner at the Brookses', and Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud's 2011 Summer party at Burford Priory. The core members of the group have been directly involved in the News International phone hacking scandal. Several members of the set, and attendees of their social functions have been victims of phone hacking by the ''News of the World''. The term "Chipping Norton set" was included in the 19th edition of ''Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'', published in 2012. ==Members== In 2012, ''The Daily Telegraph'' identified the following people as being part of a "Chipping Norton Set": *Racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, and Rebekah Brooks (née Wade), former CEO of News International, editor of ''The Sun'' and ''News of the World''. Charlie was introduced to Rebekah by Jeremy Clarkson. The Brookses have holidayed with Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud on their yacht, and the Oppenheimer-Turners at their house in St Tropez. Rebekah Brooks has been friends with Elisabeth Murdoch for more than a decade. In 2001, she was a guest at Elisabeth's wedding to Freud and among a select group invited to her bridal shower. The Brookses live in Sarsden, Oxfordshire, four miles from Chipping Norton. A September 2012 interview with Charlie Brooks was headlined "Founder member of the Chipping Norton Upset", Brooks explained that the "Upset" is a family in-joke, in response to the claim that he and his wife are part of the Chipping Norton set, which he called "a figment of one journalist's imagination." *David and Samantha Cameron.〔 Chipping Norton lies in the constituency of Witney, for which David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the leader of the Conservative Party, is the Member of Parliament. Cameron's constituency home is in Dean. David Cameron has also accompanied the Heythrop Hunt, which is based in Chipping Norton, on six occasions. *Jeremy Clarkson, broadcaster and journalist, then presenter of ''Top Gear''. Prime Minister David Cameron appeared as ''Top Gear's'' The Stig in a video message for Clarkson's 50th birthday. Clarkson writes a column for ''The Sun'', which is owned by News International. *Charles Dunstone, chairman and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse.〔 *Tony Gallagher, property developer, owner of Gallagher Estates.〔 *Steve Hilton and Rachel Whetstone. Hilton was Cameron's director of strategy and his wife, Rachel is the global head of communications and public policy for Google, they live in Burford.〔 Hilton and Whetsone were godparents to the Camerons' deceased son, Ivan. *Alex James, author, cheesemaker, and bassist of Blur.〔 James owns a 200-acre farm in Kingham, 4 miles south west of Chipping Norton. James has hosted an annual food and music festival on the farm. The inaugural 2011 event left creditors owed close to £1m when the promoters of the fair went bankrupt. James was photographed with Clarkson and Cameron at the 2011 festival. James and Jamie Oliver have presented ''The Big Feastival'', a food and music festival since 2012.〔http://www.jamieoliver.com/thebigfeastival/〕 *Elisabeth Murdoch, CEO of media production company Shine Limited, daughter of News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch, and sister of News Corporation executive and former chairman of BSkyB James Murdoch.〔 Elizabeth Murdoch was then married to Matthew Freud, owner of Freud Communications, and the couple owned Burford Priory. Clarkson has stated that Murdoch and Freud live in Burford, "which to most people in Chipping Norton, myself included, is basically France."〔 *Emily Oppenheimer Turner, journalist and painter, and William Turner, businessman.〔 Emily is the granddaughter of Philip Oppenheimer, who ran the De Beers diamond empire; she is married to William Turner, director of The Hospital Group, Ltd. and former head of Sky Pictures, a division of BSkyB.〔〔 William Turner worked as the head of Carlton films at Carlton Communications during David Cameron's time as director of corporate affairs at Carlton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Tuner - Executive profile )〕 *Howard Stringer, chairman of Sony Corporation, appointed by David Cameron to his Business Advisory group.〔 ;Other prominent local residents Lord Bamford, chairman of J. C. Bamford (JCB) and his wife Carole live in Daylesford House in nearby Daylesford, Gloucestershire. Anthony Bamford is a major donor to Cameron's Conservative party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chipping Norton set」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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