Sir Henry Adolphus Byden Rattigan (11 October 1864 – 11 January 1920) was a barrister and judge in

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. He served as the Chief Justice of the Chief Court of the Punjab, which became the

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Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Sir William Henry Rattigan and Teresa Higgins. He was educated in

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Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and later

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. Thereafter he was

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in 1874. In 1889, he returned to India and enrolled as an advocate at the Chief Court of the Punjab. In 1900 he was made Legal Remembrancer to the Punjab government. He served as a Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab from 1909 and in 1917 was made Chief Justice. He was knighted in 1918 and remained as Chief Justice until 1920 when he died in

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. He published a number of notable works including ''Tribal Laws of the Punjab'' (1895) and ''Laws of Divorce in India'' (1897). His brother was the first-class cricketer Cyril Stanley Rattigan, who was killed in action during the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rattigan, Henry Adolphus 1864 births 1920 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People educated at Harrow School British India judges Knights Bachelor Lawyers awarded knighthoods Members of Lincoln's Inn British people in colonial India Chief Justices of the Lahore High Court People from Delhi British legal writers