Matthew Richard Sausse

Sir Matthew Richard Sausse or Sause was an Irish barrister 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, County Tipperary into a Roman Catholic family. He was the son of Richard Sausse and Jane Duffey. His brother Sir Richard Frederick was governor of Cartagena, Spain. Sausse graduated with distinction from Trinity College, Dublin.
He first worked as the Secretary and Solicitor in the Commission to Enquire into the state of the Municipal Corporation of England. Richard Sausse became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bombay Presidency in 1859, thereafter on 23 June 1862 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and served there till 1866. He was known as "Sausse the Silent" in the Court. He passed the judgment in the famous Maharaj Libel Case.
Sausse married Charlotte Henrietta.
He died of gastric fever at Killarney House, seat of Lord Castlerosse.