Charles J Weigand (Chuck) was born on the 11th June 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a Lieutenant in the Navy who died in a plane crash at Kwajalein Lagoon in the Pacific in February 1945 on his way to an aircraft carrier assignment. At 17, Chuck joined the US Navy, looking to follow in his father’s footsteps. In his 21 year Navy career, he became a telecommunications specialist, served on five Navy ships and traveled around the world, from Norfolk, Virginia, to Guam in the Mariana Islands.
Upon retiring from the Navy in 1983, Chuck was employed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in their elecommunications center. During 19 years with the NSA he worked in computer security, counter espionage, code breaking, and US embassy communications center inspections. Chuck retired again in 2002, this time in England, eventually ending up in Norfolk where he started working as a Blickling Hall Room Guide and researcher:
“I have been volunteering at Blickling for eight years and love it. History, specifically Tudor, has been my passion and hobby for most of my life.”
If you visit Blickling, you will often find Chuck in his present role as Ambassador greeting visitors at the entrance to the house.
