Sir Harry Lushington Stephen, 3rd Baronet (2 March 1860 – 1 November 1945) was a British barrister and Judge of the

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."Stephen, Sir Harry Lushington',

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, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 201
accessed 17 Jan 2014
/ref> The third son of Sir

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, Harry Lushington was educated at

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before matriculating at

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in 1878, graduating LLB in 1882 and LLM in 1904. He was

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in 1885 and practised on the South Wales Circuit from 1886 to 1901. He became Judge of the High Court, Calcutta,"Stephen, Harry Lushington".

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: Volume 58. A & C Black. 1906. Page 1605

/ref>"Stephen, Harry Lushington".

: Volume 61. A & C Black. 1909. Page 1801

/ref> on 18 November 1901. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted in 1913. He retired in 1914. On his return to England, he was Alderman of the

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from 1916 to 1928. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium for services rendered in connection with the

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. He died in 1945 at Hale Close,

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. In 1904, he married Barbara, youngest daughter of W Shore Nightingale of Embley Romsey and

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, Derbyshire. He had one son, James Alexander Stephen, who succeeded to the

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. He is the author of ''Law of Support and Subsidence'', 1890. It was "a useful little monograph".For other reviews, see (1890) 89

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2

(1890) 25 Law Journal 32

/ref> He was the editor of the fourteenth edition of ''Oke's Synopsis'', the eighth edition of ''Oke's Formulist'' and '' State trials#Bibliographical history, State Trials: Political and Social'', 1899.

References

*Walter E. Houghton. "Stephen, Sir Harry Lushington" in ''Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900''. Routledge. 2013.
Page 1087

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephen, Harry Lushington 1860 births 1945 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Stephen-Bell family Knights Bachelor Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Judges of the Calcutta High Court People educated at Rugby School Members of the Inner Temple Members of London County Council People from the Bengal Presidency British people in colonial India