Frederic Sellers

English judge
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish judge
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasJudge
Work fieldLaw
Gender
Male
Birth14 January 1893
Death20 March 1979 (aged 86 years)
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

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

Sellers was prospective Liberal party candidate for Sudbury in 1939; 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.

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.

Sources

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


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