Mortimer, John Clifford (1923– )
English barrister and writer. His works include the plays The Dock Brief (1958) and A Voyage Round My Father (1970), and numerous stories about the fictional barrister Horace Rumpole who first appeared in the volume Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and then in several television series. Other novels include Paradise Postponed (1985), Summer's Lease (1988), and Dunster (1992).
His autobiographical works include Clinging to the Wreckage (1982) and Murderers and Other Friends (1994). He was knighted in 1998.
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