John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (born 1721)

John Fielding

English magistrate and reformer (1721–1780)

Sir John Fielding was an English magistrate and social reformer of the 18th century. He was the younger half-brother of novelist, playwright and chief magistrate Henry Fielding. Despite being blinded in an accident at the age of 19, John set up his own business and, in his spare…