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John Mortimer. Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) [1] was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
- Penelope Fletcher (1949–1971; divorced), Penelope Gollop (1972–2009; his death)
Apr 17, 2024 · Sir John Mortimer (born April 21, 1923, Hampstead, London, Eng.—died Jan. 16, 2009, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Eng.) was an English barrister and writer who wrote plays for the stage, television, radio, and motion pictures, as well as novels and autobiographical works. Mortimer was educated at Harrow and at Brasenose College, Oxford ...
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Jan 16, 2009 · Geoffrey Robertson. Fri 16 Jan 2009 10.30 EST. The barrister, playwright and author Sir John Mortimer, who has died aged 85, was a man for all the seasons that touched his Chilterns garden, where ...
John Mortimer (1923-2009) was a prolific writer for theatre, films, TV and radio, and a trial attorney. He created Horace Rumpole, a famous barrister and fictional character, and wrote many novels and plays.
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Jan 17, 2009 · John Clifford Mortimer was born on April 21, 1923, in London to Clifford and Kathleen May Smith Mortimer. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1949 he married Penelope Fletcher, a writer, who ...
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Jan 17, 2009 · Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "John Mortimer really was a national treasure. I was brought up on Horace Rumpole, not least in his last big case defending the innocent Dr Khan from ...
John Clifford Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels, Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets, featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole.
