Editing Ian Botham (section)

==Personal life==
Botham is [[colour blind]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/sep/23/cricket.features |title=How balanced is Botham? |work=The Guardian |date=22 September 2006 |access-date=17 August 2019 |archive-date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817101829/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/sep/23/cricket.features |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/sir-ian-botham-has-the-looks-the-build-and-the-accent-to-be-the-next-james-bond-dk32t5x03sh |title=Sir Ian Botham has the looks, the build and the accent to be the next James Bond |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=17 August 2019 |archive-date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817101830/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-ian-botham-has-the-looks-the-build-and-the-accent-to-be-the-next-james-bond-dk32t5x03sh |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1976, in [[Doncaster]], Botham married Kathryn ("Kathy") Waller (now Lady Botham) whom he first met in June 1974. They lived in [[Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth]], near Scunthorpe, until the late 1980s. They have one son, [[Liam Botham|Liam]] (born August 1977), and two daughters. The family now live in [[Ravensworth]] in [[North Yorkshire]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Botham introduced to House of Lords |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-54418406 |access-date=5 October 2020 |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006235255/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-54418406 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', 26 December 2010, Edition 1; National Edition, "I used to make just £10 a week", p.10</ref><ref>Ian Botham, autobiography, p358</ref> and also own property in [[Almería]], where Botham frequently plays [[golf]].

Botham is an avid trout and salmon fisherman. As a result, he was invited to present a TV series called ''Botham on the Fly''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/csnz/botham-on-the-fly |title=Botham on the Fly |magazine=Radio Times |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901025309/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/csnz/botham-on-the-fly/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He has also been a team captain on the BBC series ''[[A Question of Sport]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/question_of_sport/qs_history/3042810.stm |title=A Question of Sport |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201162417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/question_of_sport/qs_history/3042810.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Besides angling and golf, Botham enjoys [[Game (hunting)|game shooting]] and owns a grouse moor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fieldsportsmagazine.com/UK-Shoots/sawley-north-yorkshire.html |work=Fieldsports magazine |title=Sawley – North Yorkshire |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-date=14 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814230813/http://www.fieldsportsmagazine.com/UK-Shoots/sawley-north-yorkshire.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This has resulted in a high-profile dispute with the [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] (RSPB).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/sir-ian-botham-threatens-to-sue-44001 |work=ShootingUK |title=Sir Ian Botham threatens to sue "deceptive" RSPB |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815125431/http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/sir-ian-botham-threatens-to-sue-44001 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2016, he called for [[Chris Packham]] to be sacked by the [[BBC]] as part of a campaign funded by the grouse shooting industry, after Packham had highlighted the industry's involvement in the illegal killing of [[endangered species]] of [[bird of prey|birds of prey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/16/grouse-shooters-kill-first-casualty-is-truth-astroturfing-botham-rspb-packham |title=The grouse shooters aim to kill: the first casualty is the truth |first=George |last=Monbiot |date=12 August 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817140649/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/16/grouse-shooters-kill-first-casualty-is-truth-astroturfing-botham-rspb-packham |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the ''[[New Statesman]]'' in 2015, "Botham is an old-fashioned Englishman [...] he is [[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|conservative]] with a small and [[Conservative Party (UK)|upper-case C]]" and "a robust [[monarchist]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Henderson |first=Michael |title=An English hero for the ages: Ian Botham at 60 |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/sport/2015/11/english-hero-ages-ian-botham-60 |url-status=live |work=[[New Statesman]] |date=29 November 2015 |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206163009/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/sport/2015/11/english-hero-ages-ian-botham-60 |archive-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> Botham was a staunch supporter of [[Brexit|the UK's withdrawal from the European Union]]. He was quoted: "Personally, I think that England is an island. I think that England should be England. And I think that we should keep that."<ref>{{cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |title=Ted Dexter and the chequered past of cricketers in the world of politics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/22/the-spin-ted-dexter-politics-eu-referendum-cricket |url-status=live |work=The Guardian |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206143817/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/22/the-spin-ted-dexter-politics-eu-referendum-cricket |archive-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> He appeared at a number of pro-Leave campaign events in the run-up to the UK's [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU membership referendum in 2016]].<ref>{{cite news |title=EU referendum: Ian Botham on wanting UK Brexit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-36076383/eu-referendum-ian-botham-on-wanting-uk-brexit |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801013624/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-36076383/eu-referendum-ian-botham-on-wanting-uk-brexit |archive-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>

Botham's private life has also made occasional dramatic appearances in Britain's tabloid newspapers, with at least one extra-marital affair prompting a public apology to his wife Kathy.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2005 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,1476497,00.html |title=May's 10: Sporting kiss and tell's |work=[[The Observer]] Sport Monthly |accessdate=21 August 2016 |location=London |archive-date=18 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418024141/http://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,1476497,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He also fell out publicly with other players, including fellow England player Geoff Boycott, Somerset captain [[Peter Roebuck]], and Australian batsman [[Ian Chappell]], with whom he had an altercation in an [[Adelaide Oval]] car park during the [[2010–11 Ashes series]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 December 2010 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |title=The Ashes 2010: Sir Ian Botham and Ian Chappell clash in Adelaide car park |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |accessdate=7 December 2010 |location=London |archive-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209034431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8185931/The-Ashes-2010-Sir-Ian-Botham-and-Ian-Chappell-clash-in-Adelaide-car-park.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |title=Botham v Chappell: time for a drink |publisher=Cricinfo |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=December 2007 |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708045001/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/321663.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/279775.html |title=The feud that rumbles on |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=10 February 2007 |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213349/https://wisden.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/278631.html |title='What have you done, what have you done?' |publisher=Cricinfo |date=3 February 2007 |last=Williamson |first=Martin |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921161119/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/278631.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/player/19456.html |title=Player Profile: Peter Roebuck |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=28 August 2009 |archive-date=13 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213202148/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/player/19456.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although Botham hoped to resolve his long-running feud with Chappell during a Channel 9 documentary on 27 June 2023, Chappell refused.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2gYQRTmqA | title=The Longest Feud: Chappell v Botham Ashes 2023 Special | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>