Anthony Patrick Babington (4 April 1920, in County Cork – 10 May 2004, in London) was a British author, judge and Army officer.

However, Babington's father died of alcoholism when he was aged 10, so the family were forced to sell their estate in Cork.

[4][5][6] Babington was commissioned as an officer and served in the Second World War with the Royal Ulster Rifles and then the Dorset Regiment.

In 1944, Babington was injured in the Battle of Arnhem and left for dead until slight movements were detected.

Babington, at the request of Pullein-Thompson, was active for many years in the writers' organisation PEN International, and he often acted unofficially as a legal adviser.