Dingwall Latham Bateson
Sir Dingwall "Dingo" Latham Bateson, CBE, MC (1898 – January 29, 1967) was a British solicitor and President of the Law Society.
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Background [edit]
Bateson was the son of judge Sir Alexander Dingwall Bateson and Isabel Mary, the fourth daughter of William Latham QC. He had three brothers and two sisters.[1]
First World War service [edit]
Bateson was awarded the Military Cross (MC) whilst a second lieutenant attached to the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.[2]
Career [edit]
Bateson was a solicitor at firm Slaughter and May.[3]
In 1922 he married Naomi Judith, eldest daughter of composer Walter Galpin Alcock. They had two sons and one daughter.[4] One son, Timothy, became an actor.[5]
He was awarded a CBE in 1946. In 1952-53 he was president of the Law Society and was knighted in 1953.[4]
Notable friends [edit]
Bateson advised Noël Coward on financial affairs; Coward, in gratitude, named his speedboat "Dingo" after Bateson.[6] Bateson was also friends with Sir Roland Gwynne, Mayor of Eastbourne 1928-1931, who left Bateson his whole estate in his will (though in the end Bateson predeceased him).[7]
Death [edit]
Bateson died in a shooting accident in Merstham, Surrey, on January 29, 1967.[4]
Quotes [edit]
"A solicitor is a man who calls in a person he doesn't know, to sign a contract he hasn't seen, to buy property he doesn't want, with money he hasn't got."[8]
References [edit]
- ^ Sir Alexander Dingwall Bateson in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31373. p. 6951. 30 May 1919. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ http://www.biltongrange.net/do_download.asp?did=27445
- ^ a b c The Times, January 31, 1967, p. 12
- ^ Who's Who in the Theatre
- ^ Cole Lesley, The Life of Noel Coward, Jonathan Cape, 1976. Page 366
- ^ Pamela V. Cullen, "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9. Page 635
- ^ http://www3.hku.hk/eroonweb/hongrads/person.php?mode=detail&id=40
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