Sir Matthew Richard Sausse or Sause (1809 – 5 November 1867) was an Irish

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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,

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into a

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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

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. Sausse graduated with distinction from

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. He first worked as the Secretary and Solicitor in the Commission to Enquire into the state of the Municipal Corporation of

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. Richard Sausse became the Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of

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in 1859, thereafter on 23 June 1862 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the

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and served there till 1866. He was known as "Sausse the Silent" in the Court. Sausse married Charlotte Henrietta. He died of gastric fever at

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, seat of Lord Castlerosse.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sausse, Matthew Richard 1809 births 1867 deaths Lawyers from County Tipperary Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish barristers Knights Bachelor British India judges Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court Date of birth missing