Horace Rumpole (fictional character)

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barrister fictional character protagonist

Horace Rumpole is the rumpled, witty, and stubbornly principled London barrister at the center of John Mortimer’s "Rumpole of the Bailey" stories and television adaptations.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	barrister → fictional character → protagonist →
appearsIn	Rumpole novels → Rumpole of the Bailey (short stories) → Rumpole of the Bailey (television series) →
basedIn	England → London →
catchphrase	She who must be obeyed →
chambersColleague	Claude Erskine-Brown → Phyllida Trant → Samuel Ballard →
child	Nicholas Rumpole →
citizenship	United Kingdom →
clientGroup	Timson family →
countryOfOriginOfWork	United Kingdom →
creator	John Mortimer →
education	Oxford University NERFINISHED →
employer	Equity Court Chambers →
favoriteDrink	Château Thames Embankment →
fictionalUniverse	Rumpole of the Bailey →
firstAppearance	Rumpole of the Bailey (1975 BBC Play for Today) → Rumpole of the Bailey (short story collection) →
fullName	Horace Rumpole →
gender	male →
genre	legal fiction →
habit	drinking claret → smoking cigars →
knownFor	defending criminal cases → quoting William Wordsworth → quoting poetry → quoting the Oxford Book of English Verse → refusing to prosecute →
legalPhilosophy	defence of the underdog → presumption of innocence →
legalSpecialty	criminal law →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
nationality	British →
nickname	Rumpole of the Bailey →
occupation	barrister →
personalityTrait	principled → rumpled → stubborn → witty →
portrayedBy	Leo McKern →
refersToAsSheWhoMustBeObeyed	Hilda Rumpole →
servedIn	World War II →
spouse	Hilda Rumpole →
worksAt	Old Bailey →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Horace Rumpole ("Nicholas Rumpole") →	child
Horace Rumpole ("Rumpole of the Bailey") →	fictionalUniverse
Horace Rumpole ("Horace Rumpole") →	fullName
Horace →	hasNotableBearer
Horace Rumpole ("Rumpole of the Bailey") →	nickname
Horace Rumpole ("Hilda Rumpole") →	refersToAsSheWhoMustBeObeyed
Horace Rumpole ("Hilda Rumpole") →	spouse
Phyllida Law ("Rumpole of the Bailey") →	televisionWork