Russell Vick

Sir Godfrey Russell-Vick QC (24 December 1892 – 27 September 1958)[1] was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal Party politician.

He married Marjorie Hester Compston and the couple had two daughters and two sons, the younger of whom, Sir Arnold Russell-Vick, also became a barrister then a judge.

[1] In August 1914 Russell-Vick was commissioned into the 11th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, serving during World War I in France and Flanders.

Sworn as King's Counsel in 1935, he was then appointed a County Court Judge, becoming a Bencher of the Inner Temple,[1] and knighted in 1950.

[3] Russell-Vick's service on public enquiries included: He contested the constituency of Bishop Auckland at the 1918 General Election for the Coalition Liberals and finished second.