Richard Morgan (Ceylonese judge)

The Honourable Justice Richard Morgan

13th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
In office 1 January 1863 – 1876
Preceded by	Henry Byerley Thompson
Succeeded by	Richard Cayley
Personal details
Nationality	Ceylonese (Sri Lankan)
Residence	Whist Bungalow
Alma mater	Royal College Colombo

Sir Richard F. Morgan 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 that prosecuted famed bandit Saradiel.^[1]

Sir Richard was educated at the Colombo Academy.

Morgan was knighted in 1874, before being made acting Chief Justice of Ceylon, after E. S. Creasy had returned to England on sick leave.^[2]

References

↑ 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
↑ India and the East, The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 22 August 1874, p.2

Legal offices
Preceded by Henry Byerley Thompson	Queen's Advocate of Ceylon 1863–1876	Succeeded by Richard Cayley

Chief Justices of Sri Lanka

Carrington Lushington Johnston Giffard Ottley Marshall Norris Oliphant Carr Rowe Creasy Hackett Phear Cayley de Wet Burnside Bonser Layard Hutchinson Lascelles Renton Bertram Branch Fisher Macdonell Abrahams Howard Wijewardena Jayetileke Rose Basnayake Sansoni Fernando Silva Tennekoon Samarakoon Sharvananda Ranasinghe Thambiah de Silva Silva de Silva Bandaranayake Peiris Sripavan

Attorneys General of Sri Lanka

Advocate Fiscals	Dunkin Johnston Dunkin Coke Giffard Matthews Norris

Queen's Advocates	Carr¹ Stark Buller Selby Thomson Morgan Cayley Burnside Flemming

Attorneys General	Flemming Grenier Layard Lascelles Bertram Gollan Elphinstone Jackson Illangakoon de Silva Nagalingam Rose Basnayake Gratiaen Jansze Ameer Tennekoon Pasupati De Silva Marapana Aziz Silva Kamalasabayson De Silva Peiris Wansundera Fernando Wijayatilake Jayasuriya

¹King's Advocate

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