Victor Priestwood (1902-1954) served as Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China from 1934 to 1939.
He studied at Keble College, Oxford and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple on 29 January 1920.
He was admitted before the British Supreme Court for China and joined his father in practice.
Later he worked with Hiram Parkes Wilkinson and Allan Mossop the Crown Advocates of the court.
He joined the Royal Air Force on 28 February 1941 as a probationary pilot officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch and served in the RAF during World War II.