Richard Morgan (Ceylonese judge)
Sir Richard Francis Morgan (21 February 1821 – 27 January 1876)[1] was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, who served as the 13th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon and acting Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was the first Asian in the British Empire to receive a Knighthood and first Ceylonese to be a member of the Governor's Executive Council and was an unofficial (Burgher) member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was the Crown Advocate who prosecuted famed bandit Saradiel.[2]
Richard Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Acting Chief Justice of Ceylon | |
| In office 1874–1874 | |
| 13th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon | |
| In office 1 January 1863 – 1876 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Byerley Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Richard Cayley |
| Acting Deputy Queen's Advocate of Ceylon | |
| In office 1 May 1862 – 1 January 1863 | |
| Acting Queen's Advocate of Ceylon | |
| In office 16 April 1861 – 1 May 1862 | |
| In office 19 November 1857 – 1858 | |
| Judge of the District Court of Colombo | |
| In office 6 November 1860 – 16 April 1861 | |
| In office 1858 – 21 May 1859 | |
| In office 1 October 1856 – 1 January 1857 | |
| Acting Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
| In office 1 January 1860 – 6 November 1860 | |
| Acting Second Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
| In office 1 January 1857 – 19 November 1857 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1821 Colombo, Ceylon |
| Died | 27 January 1876 (aged 54) Colombo, Ceylon |
| Nationality | Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) |
| Residence | Whist Bungalow |
Sir Richard was the 11th and youngest child of Owen Richard Morgan, port magistrate of Colombo, and Behrana Lucretea Lourensz. He was educated at the Colombo Academy.[3][4]
Morgan was knighted in 1874, while serving as Crown Advocate of Ceylon.[5] He was made acting Chief Justice of Ceylon, after E. S. Creasy had returned to England on sick leave.[6] His son was Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hillebrand Morgan.
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- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of Ceylon: Sitting in Appeal in the Year 1877. Columbo Print. Office. 1878. p. 291. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
- ^ Walford, Edward (1876). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 693. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "The Genealogy of the Dutch Burgher Union" (PDF). The Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union: 62–64. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "The London Gazette 21 July 1874". thegazette.co.uk. The London Gazette Publication date:21 July 1874. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ India and the East, The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 22 August 1874, p.2
Bibliography edit
- Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years (465/1000 ed.). Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 978-955-599-000-4.
External links edit
- Reclaiming the Burgher heritage
- K.M.C.'s first meeting - 138 years ago
- A record, painstakingly assembled