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John Fielding is a recurring supporting character in a series of Benjamin Franklin mysteries by Robert Lee Hall—set in London during the late 1750s. In many instances Fielding himself requests Franklin's help solving a murder.
Sir John Fielding was an English police magistrate and the younger half brother of novelist Henry Fielding, noted for his efforts toward the suppression of professional crime and the establishment of reforms in London’s administration of criminal justice.
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir John Fielding, who became one of England’s first and greatest police detectives despite being blind. Explore his role in creating the Bow Street Runners, the first organised police force, and his involvement in fighting crime and riots in London.
John Fielding got it increased within a few years by overspending his budget and persuading the duke of Newcastle, now first lord of the Treasury, to accept the increasing costs of more active policing, as well as the further costs of advertising crimes in London newspapers and of recruiting a permanent clerical staff for the office.
12 Feb 2009 · Sir John Fielding and the Problem of Criminal Investigation in Eighteenth-Century England. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2009. John Styles. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. Eighteenth-Century England witnessed an extraordinary transformation in the capacity to disseminate information.
An article about the life and work of John Fielding, the leading magistrate in Westminster in the eighteenth century. It describes his role in the crime wave of 1750s, his reforms of policing and prosecution, and his legacy in the history of criminal law.
18 Ogo 2010 · John Fielding succeeded his half-brother, the novelist Henry Fielding, as the leading magistrate in Westminster in 1754 in the midst of a crime wave in London.
