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Dingwall Latham Bateson
Born7 July 1898
Kensington, London, UK
Died29 January 1967
Merstham, Surrey, UK
OccupationSolicitor
SpouseNaomi Judith

Sir Dingwall Latham Bateson, CBE MC (7 July 1898 – 29 January 1967) was a British solicitor and President of the Law Society.[1]

Personal life

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Bateson was born on 7 July 1898[2][3]inKensington, London.[4] He 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.[5]

In 1922, he married Naomi Judith, eldest daughter of composer Sir Walter Galpin Alcock. They had two sons and one daughter.[1] One son, Timothy, became an actor.[6]

Bateson advised Noël Coward on financial affairs; Coward, in gratitude, named his speedboat "Dingo" after Bateson.[7] Bateson was also friends with Sir Roland Gwynne, Mayor of Eastbourne 1928-1931 and purported lover of serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams: he left Bateson his whole estate in his will, though in the end Bateson predeceased him.[8]

Career

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Military service

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Bateson served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during the First World War. As part of the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) whilst a second lieutenant attached to the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment "for distinguished service in connection with military operations in the Balkans".[9]

Professional career

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Bateson was a solicitor with Slaughter and May,[10] and then a partner at Walters & Hart Solicitors.[11] From 1952 to 1953, he was president of the Law Society.[1]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours.[12] He was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[1][13]

Death

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Bateson died in a shooting accident in Merstham, Surrey, on 29 January 1967 aged 68.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Sir Dingwall Bateson – A Law Society President". The Times. 31 January 1967. p. 12.
  • ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  • ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  • ^ 1901 England Census
  • ^ Middleton, Noel (2004). "Bateson, Sir Alexander Dingwall (1866–1935), judge". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30639. Retrieved 26 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • ^ 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
  • ^ "No. 31373". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 6951.
  • ^ http://www.biltongrange.net/do_download.asp?did=27445[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Bateson, Sir Dingwall Latham. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U48100. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 26 March 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  • ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2783.
  • ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1953. p. 2941.

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