List of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay

This is a list of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay. It was in existence from 1824 to 1862, when the Bombay High Court was founded. The role of the judges of the court was to defend, on behalf of the British Crown, the interests of the people of Bombay against the East India Company.

The Supreme Court was preceded by the Recorder's Court, established in 1798.

Recorders of Bombay

Took office	Chief Justice	Notes
1798	Sir William Syer	Died 1802
1803	Sir James Mackintosh
1811	Sir John Henry Newbolt
1812	Sir Alexander Anstruther	Died 1819
1820	Sir D. Evans	Died 1821
1822	Sir Edward West	Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823

Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay

Took office	Chief Justice	Notes
1823	Sir Edward West	first year was in the Recorder's Court
1829	Sir James Dewar
1831	Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton
1839	Sir John Wither Awdry
1840	Sir Henry Roper
1846	Sir David Pollock
1847	Sir Thomas Erskine Perry
1852	Sir William Yardley
1859	Sir Matthew Richard Sausse	became Bombay High Court Chief Judge in 1862

Notes

Berg, Maxine L. "West, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29079. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ J. HIGGINBOTHAM (1862). The Bombay Miscellany. p. 640. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
The Asiatic annual register, or: View of the history of Hindustan ..., Volume 1
^ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
^ Joseph Haydn (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire. Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 272. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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