Sir Robert Lush (25 October 1807 – 27 December 1881) was an English judge who served on many Commissions and

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s of Judges.

Biography

Born at

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, he was educated at

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before being called to the Bar in 1840. He earned a reputation as a sound and acute

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, specially familiar with procedure. He was appointed QC in 1857, and was immediately elected a

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of Gray's Inn. He became a Justice of the Queen's Bench and was

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ed in 1865; he was sworn a member of the Privy Council in 1879. He was a life-long

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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

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Arms

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lush, Robert 1807 births 1881 deaths People from Shaftesbury Members of Gray's Inn Justices of the King's Bench Knights Bachelor 19th-century Baptists Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery English barristers Queen's Bench Division judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom English Baptists