Richard Couch (judge)

The Right Honourable Sir Richard Couch
Sir Richard Couch, uploaded from National Portrait Gallery, London
2nd Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
In office 1870–1875
Appointed by	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Barnes Peacock
Succeeded by	Richard Garth
2nd Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
In office 1866–1870
Appointed by	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Matthew Richard Sausse
Succeeded by	Michael Roberts Westropp
Personal details
Born	(1817-05-17)17 May 1817 England
Died	28 November 1905(1905-11-28) (aged 88) London, England

Sir Richard Couch (17 May 1817 – 28 November 1905) was an Anglo-Indian judge who served on the colonial courts of India and also on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for the British Empire.

Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1866.^[1] He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, serving in that post from 1870 to 1875.^[2]

Upon his retirement from the Calcutta High Court, Couch was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1881.^[3] He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada.^[4][5][6]

References

1. High Court of Bombay: Hon'ble Former Chief Justices
2. High Court of Calcutta: Former Chief Justices
3. London Gazette, 25 January 1881, p. 339.
4. List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1880–1889
5. List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1890–1899
6. List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1900–1909

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Barnes Peacock	Chief Justice of Bengal 1870–1875	Succeeded by Sir Richard Garth