James Richard Studdert Redmayne (born 16 July 1979) is an English former first-class

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er.

Life

Cricket

The son of Richard Redmayne, who is a businessman in corporate finance, and Patricia (née Burke), who runs a relocation business, he was born at

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in July 1979. He was educated at

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, before going up to

Trinity College, Oxford Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in E ...

. While studying at Oxford, Redmayne played

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. He made his debut for a combined Oxford Universities team against

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in 2000. He made two further first-class appearances for Oxford Universities in 2000, in addition to playing for Oxford University against

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in that years

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. He didn't feature in first-class cricket in 2001, but did play twice in 2002, making an appearance each for

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against

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, and for Oxford in The University Match. In six first-class matches, Redmayne scored 245 runs at an

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of 30.62, with a high score of 75

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Personal life

After graduating from Oxford, Redmayne was employed as an investment banker for

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in London. He joined

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in 2005, holding a number of positions within the company in London and then Hong Kong, where he was employed most recently as a senior managing director. He joined

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in June 2020. His brother is the actor

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, while their paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Redmayne, a civil and mining engineer.

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