Sir Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon Luxmoore (27 February 1876 — 25 September 1944) was a British

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and judge who sat as a

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Life

Luxmoore was born on 27 February 1876 to Arthur Coryndon Hansler Luxmoore, an artist, and his wife Katherine. After studying at

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he matriculated to

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, which he represented in rugby and cricket.

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in 1899, he took a place in the

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of George Cave after graduation in 1900. After playing for the

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against both Scotland and Wales he threw himself into his work as a

, and built up a successful practice. In 1919, he applied to become a

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, and was accepted. He became a

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of Lincoln's Inn in 1922, and in February 1929 was knighted and made a judge of the

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of the

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. A well-respected and hard working judge, Luxmoore was promoted to the

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in October 1938 and made a

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. Although not normally delivering the leading judgment, his secondary judgments and dissenting judgments proved valuable, and dissenting judgments were several times upheld by the

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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luxmoore, Arthur 1876 births 1944 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players Chancery Division judges England international rugby union players English rugby union players Knights Bachelor Lords Justices of Appeal Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Rugby union players from Kilburn, London Kent County RFU players