Montague Lush

Sir Charles Montague Lush (7 December 1853 – 22 June 1930) was a British judge.

The Right Honourable Sir Montague Lush
Justice of the High Court
In office 6 October 1910 – 20 May 1925
Personal details
Born	Charles Montague Lush (1853-12-07)7 December 1853 Hampstead, Middlesex
Died	22 June 1930(1930-06-22) (aged 76) Stanmore, Middlesex
Spouse(s)	Jane Smith ​ ​ (m. 1893; died 1925)​
Relations	Sir Robert Lush (father)
Children	6
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

The son of the judge Sir Robert Lush, Lush was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took a First in Classics in 1876.[1] He was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1879, and joined the North Eastern Circuit. He took silk in 1902.[1]

In 1910, Lush was appointed to the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division, receiving the customary knighthood on 13 October 1910.[2] In 1915 he was appointed as President of the Railway and Canal Commission.[1] He retired from the bench in 1925 due to deafness, and was made a Privy Counsellor the same year, although he never sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[1]

Although highly regarded as a barrister, he was not a successful judge: he was said to be too diffident and sometimes let personal feelings influence his decisions.[1]