Vernon Lushington Q.C.
Vernon Lushington Q.C.
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Vernon Lushington Q.C. | |
Fourth son of Stephen Lushington, and twin of Sir Godfrey Lushington (died 1907). |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
8 March 1832 | | Born (London) |
1852 | 1855 | Studied civil law at Trinity College, Cambridge |
1859 | | LLB (Legum Baccalaureus; Bachelor of Laws) |
1864 | 1869 | Deputy judge-advocate-general |
28 February 1865 | | Married Jane (1834-1884), daughter of Francis Mowatt, a former MP. |
29 June 1869 | 17 March 1870 | Second Secretary to the Admiralty. |
17 March 1870 | 1 November 1877 | Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty (title changed). |
1877 | 1900 | County court judge for Surrey and Berkshire |
1885 | | LLM (Legum Magister; Master of Laws) |
24 January 1912 | | Died (of bronchitis at 36 Kensington Square, London) |
Together with his twin brother Godfrey, he adopted Auguste Comte's Positivism in the 1870s. In 1881 they joined Frederic Harrison and others to found a new Positivist centre, Newton Hall, London, which in their affluence they supported generously |