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Frederick ("Freddie") Somerset Gough Calthorpe (27 May 1892 – 19 November 1935), styled The Honourable from 1912, was an English cricketer. Born in London, he played for Sussex, Cambridge University, Warwickshire and England. Calthorpe captained England in his only four Test matches: on the first ever Test tour of the West Indies in 1929/30, which was drawn 1-1. This tour was played simultaneously to another England Test tour to New Zealand, where England were captained by Harold Gilligan. He died in Worplesdon, Surrey. Calthorpe was a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family, the son of Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, the 8th Baron Calthorpe. His nephew is the cricket commentator, Henry Blofeld.