George Ernest Thompson Edalji (March 1876 – June 17 1953) was the eldest of three children of Shapurji Edalji and Charlotte Stoneham. His father was of East Indian descent (born a Parsi in Bombay), and his mother English (born in Shropshire). Edalji became a solicitor in Birmingham, England during the early 1900s. He proved to be an outstanding student during law school and had won prizes from the Law Society. He wrote the book Railway Law for the "Man in the train" which was "intended as a guide for the Travelling Public".

He was wrongly convicted of the 'Great Wyrley Outrages', but cleared as the result of an investigation by Arthur Conan Doyle. Julian Barnes' 2005 novel Arthur & George (ISBN 0-224-07703-1) recounts the entire episode in great detail. As yet, the only factual account of this case, is Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case (ISBN 1-843862-41-17).

External links

• Conan Doyle and The Paron's Son:The George Edalji Case
• Birmingham City Council biography
• Conan Doyle and The George Edalji Case

1876 births | 1953 deaths | British legal writers | British Asians | British Parsis