Second son of Rev Joseph Dodd MA (Oxon) (d 18 Dec 1891), rector of Hampton Poyle, and brother of Frederick Sutton Dodd and John Theodore Dodd.

He clearly wasn't yet a QC at the time of Findlay's trial in 1880. I don't know when he took Silk, but he became Liberal MP for Maldon from 1892 until 1895. His particular area of expertise was railway law, and he eventually became a County Court Judge. There are numerous internet references to Messrs Waddy and Dodd appearing in tandem, most usually in the northern counties.