Fairfax Luxmoore

The Right Honourable
Sir Fairfax Luxmoore
The Right Honourable Sir Fairfax Luxmoore
Lord Justice of Appeal
	In office; 11 October 1938 – 25 September 1944
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Sir Fergus Morton
Justice of the High Court
	In office; 11 February 1929 – 11 October 1938
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Tomlin
Personal details
Born	Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon Luxmoore; 27 February 1876; Kilburn, London
Died	28 September 1944; Hammersmith, London
Nationality	British
Children	5
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge

Sir Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon Luxmoore (27 February 1876 — 25 September 1944) was a British barrister and judge who sat as a Lord Justice of Appeal

Life

Luxmoore was born on 27 February 1876 to Arthur Coryndon Hansler Luxmoore, an artist, and his wife Katherine. After studying at The King's School, Canterbury he matriculated to Jesus College, Cambridge,^[1] which he represented in rugby and cricket. Called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1899, he took a place in the chambers of George Cave after graduation in 1900.^{[citation needed]}

After playing for the England national rugby union team against both Scotland and Wales he threw himself into his work as a barrister, and built up a successful practice. In 1919, he applied to become a King's Counsel, and was accepted. He became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1922. In 1924 he contested Isle of Thanet as a Liberal candidate. He was sworn in as JP for Kent in 1927.^[2]

In February 1929 was knighted and made a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.^[3] A well-respected and hard working judge as well as the senior puisne Chancery judge, Luxmoore was promoted to the Court of Appeal in October 1938 on the creation of a third division of the Court of Appeal, and made a privy councillor.

Although not normally delivering the leading judgment, his secondary judgments and dissenting judgments proved valuable, and dissenting judgments were several times upheld by the House of Lords.^[3]

In 1943, he was made Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn, but in March was taken ill suffering from overwork. He returned to the Bench, but suffered a heart attack on 25 September 1944 and died.^[3]

References

^ "Luxmoore, Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon (LKSR893AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "New Magistrate Sworn In". The Times. 14 April 1927. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roxburgh, R. F.; Pottle, Mark. "Luxmoore, Sir (Arthur) Fairfax Charles Coryndon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34640. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Portraits of Sir (Arthur) Fairfax Charles Coryndon Luxmoore at the National Portrait Gallery, London

[1] "Luxmoore, Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon (LKSR893AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] "New Magistrate Sworn In". The Times. 14 April 1927. p. 5.

[odnb-3] Roxburgh, R. F.; Pottle, Mark. "Luxmoore, Sir (Arthur) Fairfax Charles Coryndon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34640. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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