Montague Lush
Sir Charles Montague Lush (7 December 1853 – 22 June 1930) was a British judge.
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 6 October 1910 – 20 May 1925 | |
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| Born | Charles Montague Lush 7 December 1853 Hampstead, Middlesex |
| Died | 22 June 1930 (aged 76) Stanmore, Middlesex |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Smith
( m. 1893; died 1925) |
| Relations | Sir Robert Lush (father) |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
The son of the judge Sir Robert Lush, Lush was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took a First in Classics in 1876.[1] He was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1879, and joined the North Eastern Circuit. He took silk in 1902.[1]
In 1910, Lush was appointed to the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division, receiving the customary knighthood on 13 October 1910.[2] In 1915 he was appointed as President of the Railway and Canal Commission.[1] He retired from the bench in 1925 due to deafness, and was made a Privy Counsellor the same year, although he never sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[1]
Although highly regarded as a barrister, he was not a successful judge: he was said to be too diffident and sometimes let personal feelings influence his decisions.[1]
References
- Mathew, Theobald; Mooney, Hugh. "Lush, Sir (Charles) Montague (1853–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34635. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "No. 28424". The London Gazette. 14 October 1910. p. 7247.
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