Theobald Mathew
Chivalric Order Member
1898 – 1964
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Who was Theobald Mathew?
Sir Theobald Mathew KCB MC QC was Director of Public Prosecutions from 1944 to 1964, making him the longest-serving DPP. In 1960 he was responsible for authorising the prosecution of Penguin Books for obscenity after they published Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.
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