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Name
  
Edmund Lushington

Relations
  

Edmund Henry Lushington Edmund Henry Lushington 1776 1839 Find A Grave Memorial

Born
  
July 11, 1766Park Place, Kent, England (
1766-07-11
)

Spouse(s)
  
Louisa Faulkner PhillipsSophia Phillips

Children
  
Eight daughters and four sons

Died
  
March 27, 1839, Kent, United Kingdom

Education
  
Queens' College, Cambridge

Succeeded by
  
William CokeAs Acting

Edmund Henry Lushington (11 July 1766 – 27 March 1839) was the second Chief Justice of Ceylon.

He was the son of Rev James Lushington of Rodmersham, Kent and his wife Mary Law, the daughter of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle.

He became a Barrister-at-Law and a Bencher of the Inner Temple. In 1806 he was appointed a Puisne Judge in Ceylon. He was elevated to Chief Justice of Ceylon in 1807, serving until 1809, when he was succeeded by William Coke as acting Chief Justice.

On his return to England he served as Chief Commissioner of the Colonial Audit Board and Master of the Crown Office. In 1824 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He died in 1839. He had married twice; firstly Louisa, the daughter of Faulkner Philips of Manchester (died 1801) and secondly Sophia , daughter of Thomas Philips of Sedgeley near Manchester. He had 8 daughters and 4 sons.

References

Edmund Henry Lushington Wikipedia


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