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Sir John Mortimer (1923 – 2009) was an English barrister and writer who wrote plays for the stage, television, radio, and motion pictures, as well as novels and autobiographical works.
Throughout his writing career Mortimer maintained a thriving law practice and became known as one of Great Britain’s principal defenders in free-speech and civil-rights cases. As a writer he had popular success in the late 1970s and ’80s with the television series Rumpole of the Bailey and short stories featuring the crusty old British barrister Horace Rumpole. His novels include Paradise Postponed (1985) and Dunster (1992). Clinging to the Wreckage (1982) is a frank autobiography. Mortimer was knighted in 1998.
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