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• Status: Married
• Occupation: Hotelier (retired farmer)

A member of the huntin' shootin' fishin' brigade, this ex-army gentleman farmer hasn't let the ban dampen his enthusiasm for riding to hounds. There's nothing he loves more than a crisp morning with the stirrup cup and some like-minded company.

First among these is his wife Caroline. Together they enjoy most rural pursuits, and much as she teases him about retirement, he loves a new challenge. He replaced his hobby herd of beef cattle with a small dairy enterprise supplying a local milk round, and then launched a cheese, Sterling Gold.

After he and Caroline bought Grey Gables hotel, Oliver bravely entrusted his farm and herd to protegé Ed Grundy, making the former herd mangaer a tenant farmer in his own right.