Sir Richard Ottley (1782–1845)
was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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He was the son of
Drewry Ottley of
St Vincent in the West Indies, and was married to 2nd baronet
William Young's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth.
[ He owned two slaves that had been left to him as a ]legacy
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Legacy or legacies may refer ...
of his grandmother, Mrs Jackson.
In 1814 he was appointed Chief Justice of Grenada
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The original High Court of Grenada was replaced by the Windward and Leeward Islands Supre ...
.[ He sailed to Ceylon in 1820 to take up the position of judge after having been knighted (22 March 1820) ]London
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after retiring his judgeship.[ On his death he was survived by his four children, but left provision in his will to support Grace Furness of Grenada, who may have been a fifth.
]
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Chief Justices of British Ceylon
1782 births
1845 deaths
19th-century Sri Lankan people
Sri Lankan people of British descent
British expatriates in Sri Lanka
19th-century British people
Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
British Ceylon judges