Calvocoressi was born in
Westerham, Kent, one of three sons of Major
Ion Calvocoressi, MBE, MC (1919-2007) and Katherine, née Kennedy (b. 1927). He was educated at
Eton College, Brooke House, Market Harborough, and graduated from
Magdalen College, Oxford and the
Courtauld Institute of Art. He served as an assistant keeper of modern art at the
Tate Gallery from 1979 until 1987, Calvocoressi was appointed to the
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art on 13 November 2012, serving until 12 November 2016. He was subsequently reappointed for another four-year term. ==Personal life==