Oliver Bodington

Who was Oliver Bodington?

Oliver Eaton Bodington, barrister at law of the Inner Temple, Licensee en Droit, University of Paris, Member of the United States Federal Bar and President of the British Chamber of Commerce, was born March 6, 1859 in Kingsford, Staffordshire, the son of George Fowler Bodington, a physician, and his wife Caroline Mary Eaton. He was baptised on Mary 4, 1859 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Bodington attended the Giggleswick School and graduated from the University of London. In 1885 he lived at Ashford House, Kingswinford, near Dudley. He was known for a Paris-based legal practice and from his office at 6 Blve. Des Capuchins, he specialized in international law and practice concerning domicile, marriage, inheritance, wills and foreign companies and firms doing business in Paris.