Dictionary of Indian Biography/Couch, Sir Richard

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COUCH, SIR RICHARD (1817–)

Son of Richard Couch : born July 11, 1817 : educated privately : called to the bar from the Middle Temple, 1841 : Recorder of Bedford, 1858–62 : Puisne Judge of the High Court, Bombay, 1862–6 : Chief Justice, 1866–70 : Chief Justice of Bengal, at Calcutta, 1870–5 : presided at the trial of the Gaekwar of Baroda, 1875 : Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1881–1901 : Privy Councillor, 1875.