Robert Lush
English judge (1807–1881)
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::summary English judge (1807–1881) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sir Robert Lush |
| honorific_prefix | The Right Honourable |
| image | File:Robert Lush Vanity Fair 31 May 1873.jpg |
| caption | "A little lush" |
| Lush as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1873 | |
| :: |
| name = Sir Robert Lush | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | image = File:Robert Lush Vanity Fair 31 May 1873.jpg | caption = "A little lush" Lush as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1873
Sir Robert Lush (25 October 1807 – 27 December 1881) was an English judge who served on many Commissions and Committees of Judges.{{cite DNB |wstitle= Lush, Robert |volume= 34 |last=Hamilton |first=John Andrew |authorlink=John Andrew Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner|short=1}}
Biography
Born at Shaftesbury, he was educated at Gray's Inn before being called to the Bar in 1840. He earned a reputation as a sound and acute barrister, specially familiar with procedure. He was appointed QC in 1857, and was immediately elected a Bencher of Gray's Inn. He became a Justice of the Queen's Bench and was knighted in 1865; he was sworn a member of the Privy Council in 1879. He was a life-long baptist. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Lord_Robert_Lush.jpg"] ::
Personal life
He married in 1839, Elizabeth Ann (died 16 March 1881), the eldest daughter of Rev Christopher Woollacott, of London. They had several children, including Judge Herbert W. Lush-Wilson, KC, and Sir Charles Montague Lush (1853–1930), who married Margaret Abbie Locock, fourth daughter of Charles Brodie Locock; in 1913 he sentenced Emmeline Pankhurst.
Arms
|image = Sir Robert Lush Achievement.png |escutcheon = Gules a chevron Ermine between three garbs Or. |crest = A naked arm couped below the elbow grasping in the hand a crescent Argent. |motto = Virtute Non Astutia}}
References
External sources
References
- (5 January 1882). "Right Hon Sir Robert Lush". The Cornishman.
- (17 March 1881). "Lady Lush". The Cornishman.
- (1869). "Debrett's Judicial Bench".
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