Bodkin, Archibald Henry, 1862-1957

Epithet: Director of Public Prosecutions

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00026b

Archibald Bodkin was born in Hampstead; his ancestry included many lawyers, and he studied law at the Inner Temple and was called to the bar soon thereafter. He built a successful private practice, and was appointed to the Treasury Council in 1892. Meticulous and hard-working, he had a simple and direct litigation style, and handled many notable cases, including the prosecution of spies in the World War I era. He was knighted in 1917, and retired to his garden, but later became a judge.

From the description of A.H. Bodkin letter to Lord Birkenhead, 1928 Dec. 3. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70247603