Frederic Sellers

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Sir Frederic Aked Sellers MC (14 January 1893 – 20 March 1979) was a lawyer and judge in England and Wales.

Background and education[]

Sellers was born in Liverpool, the youngest son of Liverpool Shipowner, John Shuttleworth Sellers and Elizabeth (nee Stuart). He was educated at Silcoates School and the University of Liverpool. In 1917 he married Grace Lilian Malin in Derby.^[1]

Military service[]

During World War One he served as a Captain with the 13th Battalion of the King's Regiment. He was awarded the Military Cross.^[2]

Legal career[]

In 1919 he was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn. He was a Barrister who practised in Liverpool and on the Northern Circuit. Sellers was appointed a Justice of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales (known as the King's Bench Division until 1952) on 13 February 1946. A few days later he was knighted. He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 11 January 1957. Following that appointment, Sellers was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He retired from his judicial office on 10 January 1968.

Political service[]

Sellers was Liberal candidate for Waterloo at the 1929 general election. He was the first Liberal candidate since 1923. In a three-party contest he came third polling 23%. In 1939 he was prospective Liberal party candidate for Sudbury; the planned election was postponed however and he never contested the seat. He contested the 1945 General Election as a Liberal party candidate at Hendon North, coming third.

Electoral record[]

Sources[]

• The Judges of England 1272-1990, by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993)

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