Sir Matthew Richard Sausse or Sause (1809 – 5 November 1867) was an Irish barrister who was the last Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bombay and the first Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Career
Sausse was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary into a Roman Catholic family. He was the son of Richard Sausse and Jane Duffey. His brother Sir Richard Frederick (known in Spanish as Ricardo Federico de La Saussaye y Duffey) was governor of Cartagena, Spain. Sausse graduated with distinction from Trinity College, Dublin.
He first worked as the Secretary and Solicitor in the Commission to Enquire into the state of the Municipal Corporation of England. Richard Sausse became the Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of Bombay Presidency in 1859, thereafter on 23 June 1862 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and served there till 1866. He was known as "Sausse the Silent" in the Court. He passed the judgment in the famous Maharaj Libel Case case.
Sausse married Charlotte Henrietta.
He died of gastric fever at Killarney House, seat of Lord Castlerosse.
References
- ^ "Death of Sir Matthew Sausse". The Times. 6 November 1867. p. 7.
- Abhinav Chandrachud (28 May 2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court. ISBN 9780199089482. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- "Sir Matthew R. Sausse". The Law Magazine and Review: A Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence. 23–24. Saunders and Benning: 342. 1867. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- "Parliamentary Papers". 1833. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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- ^ "Historical Series: The Maharaj Libel Case in the Bombay High Court – The Leaflet". theleaflet.in. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- "Copy of confirmation of arms to Major-Gen. Sir Richard Frederick de la Saussaye". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 20 June 2018.