Horace Rumpole (fictional character)

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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.

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Generate an image of Horace Rumpole (fictional character) (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.)

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instanceOf barrister ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn Rumpole novels ⓘ
Rumpole of the Bailey (short stories) ⓘ
Rumpole of the Bailey (television series) ⓘ
basedIn England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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