President of Chelsea College in 1972, Chairman of the Chelsea Building Society and Metropolitan Association of Building Societies in 1978. Personal life Wolfenden married in 1932 Eileen, daughter of A.J. Spilsbury, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. His eldest son was Jeremy Wolfenden, a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and a British spy. Thoughts and ideas In his essay The Gap—The Bridge, Wolfenden discusses the problems with institutional dichotomy. Titles Wolfenden was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1942, and was knighted in 1956. He was created a life peer on 12 July 1974 with the title Baron Wolfenden, of Westcott in the County of Surrey. See also Wolfenden report References External links Stamford Hill Library Plaque National Portrait Gallery 1906 births 1985 deaths Academics of the University of Reading Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Directors of the British Museum Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English non-fiction writers Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Headmasters of Shrewsbury School Headmasters of Uppingham School Knights Bachelor Life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II People educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Vice-Chancellors of the University of Reading English male non-fiction writers 20th-century English male writers Presidents of the Classical Association