Edward Atkinson (lawyer)
Major Sir Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson, KCB, CBE (19 September 1878 – 26 December 1957) was a British barrister and judge who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions from 1930 to 1944. After studying at Trinity College, Oxford Atkinson built up a substantial practice as a barrister before his volunteer work in the First World War forced him to stop practising at the bar. After the end of the war and his appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his work at the peace conference Atkinson re-established his practice, and was made Director of Public Prosecutions in March 1930. His period in office is generally seen as a success, and he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1932. Following his retirement he served as chairman of the Central Price Regulation Committee, dying on 26 December 1957.
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