Richard_Morgan_(Ceylonese_judge)

Richard Morgan (Ceylonese judge)

Richard Morgan (Ceylonese judge)

Ceylonese lawyer

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]

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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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  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "The Genealogy of the Dutch Burgher Union" (PDF). The Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union: 62–64. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    "The London Gazette 21 July 1874". thegazette.co.uk. The London Gazette Publication date:21 July 1874. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    India and the East, The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 22 August 1874, p.2

Bibliography

  • 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.
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