Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen
Francis "Frank" Xavier Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, of Killowen in the County of Down PC KC ( * July 2, 1867, † December 20, 1946 ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, due to the Appellate jurisdiction Act 1876 as a Life peer and member of the House of Lords was.
Life
Russell, son of the barrister and later Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, graduated from post-school also studying law and 1893 his legal approval to the Chamber of Lawyers ( Inns of Court ) of Lincoln 's Inn. He then began working as a barrister and was honored for his lawyer's services in 1908, first Attorney-General (King 's Counsel ) and 1913 so-called " Bencher " the Law Society of Lincoln 's Inn.
1919 Russell judge at the Chamber for Economic Affairs ( Chancery Division ) to the Commissioner for England and Wales High Court of Justice, where he worked until 1928. Upon completion of this activity took place in 1928 judge his appeal to the judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal, which is responsible for England and Wales Court of Appeal, where he worked until 1929. In addition, he was appointed to the Privy Councillor 1928.
By Letters Patent of November 18, 1929 Russell was due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act appointed in 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Russell of Killowen, of Killowen in the County of Down, a member of the House of Lords to the nobility and worked until his death in 1946 as Lord Justice (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary). During this time he was in 1936 also treasurer of the Bar of Lincoln 's Inn.
From its closed on February 17, 1900 marriage to Mary Emily Ritchie, a daughter of the politician Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee, among other things, President of the Board of Trade and later Minister of the Interior ( Home Secretary ) and Chancellor of the Exchequer was, went four forth children, including his only son Charles Ritchie Russell, who was also Lord of Appeal in Ordinary last.