David Blomfield

David Guy Blomfield (11 July 1934 – 12 July 2016) was leader of the Liberal Party group on Richmond upon Thames Council, a writer, a book editor and a local historian.

Early life and education David Blomfield was born in Camberley, Surrey. His father's family was descended from the Anglican bishops Charles James Blomfield and Alfred Blomfield and the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield.

He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and served in the Royal Artillery and the Oxfordshire Yeomanry. He studied classics at Hertford College, Oxford University and graduated in 1955.

Career Blomfield worked in the condensed books department of Reader's Digest from 1959 to 1987 and subsequently became a freelance book editor.

Blomfield, who researched, wrote and published books on the history of Kew, chaired the Richmond Local History Society from 2003 to 2013, edited its annual journal Richmond History and succeeded John Cloake in 2015 as the Society's President. He was also a patron of the Kew Society

Publications Books Blomfield, David (ed.) (1992). Lahore to Lucknow: The Indian Mutiny Journal of Arthur Moffat Lang. Pen & Sword Books Ltd. Blomfield, David (1994), Kew Past. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd.

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