Sir Dingwall Latham Bateson

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Sir Dingwall 'Dingo' Latham Bateson, CBE, MC, (1898-1968), was a lawyer and President of the Law Society.

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[edit] First World War service

Bateson was awarded the Military Cross (MC) whilst a second lieutenant attached to the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.[1]

[edit] Career

Bateson was a lawyer at firm Slaughter and May.[2]

[edit] Homosexual friends

Though Bateson was married, he had various important homosexual friends. Noel Coward named his yacht after Bateson and Roland Gwynne, Mayor of Eastbourne 1928-1931 and lover of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, left Bateson his whole estate in his will. [3]

[edit] Death

Bateson died in a shooting accident.[3]

[edit] Quotes

"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."[4]


[edit] References

  1. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31373, page 6951, 30 May 1919. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  2. ^ http://www.biltongrange.net/do_download.asp?did=27445
  3. ^ a b 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
  4. ^ http://www3.hku.hk/eroonweb/hongrads/person.php?mode=detail&id=40
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