Henry Adolphus Rattigan

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

British India. He served as the Chief Justice of the Chief Court of the Punjab, which became the Lahore High Court.[1]

Biography

He was born in

called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1874.[3]

In 1889, he returned to India and enrolled as an advocate at the Chief Court of the Punjab.[4] In 1900 he was made Legal Remembrancer to the Punjab government.[5] He served as a Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab from 1909 and in 1917 was made Chief Justice.[6] He was knighted in 1918 and remained as Chief Justice until 1920 when he died in Lahore.[7]

He published a number of notable works including Tribal Laws of the Punjab (1895) and Laws of Divorce in India (1897).

First World War.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Justice Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid". Lahore High Court. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ^ John F. Riddick, Who was who in British India, Greenwood Press, 1 Jan 1998, p.301
  3. ^ John F. Riddick, Who was who in British India, Greenwood Press, 1 Jan 1998, p.301
  4. ^ John F. Riddick, Who was who in British India, Greenwood Press, 1 Jan 1998, p.301
  5. ^ E.B. Ince, 1920, The Law Journal, Volume 55, p.2727
  6. ^ "Mr. Justice Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan". Lahore High Court. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  7. ^ "Mr. Justice Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan". Lahore High Court. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  8. ^ "Harking Back: Rattigan's Sussex cottage and brougham carriage". Dawn.com.
  9. ISBN 978-1473864191
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