Richard Morgan (Ceylonese judge)

Sir Richard Francis Morgan (21 February 1821 – 27 January 1876) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, who served as the 13th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon and acting Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was the first Asian in the British Empire to receive a Knighthood and first Ceylonese to be a member of the Governor's Executive Council and was an unofficial (Burgher) member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was the Crown Advocate who prosecuted famed bandit Saradiel.

Sir Richard was the 11th and youngest child of Owen Richard Morgan, port magistrate of Colombo, and Behrana Lucretea Lourensz. He was educated at the Colombo Academy.

Morgan was knighted in 1874, while serving as Crown Advocate of Ceylon. He was made acting Chief Justice of Ceylon, after E. S. Creasy had returned to England on sick leave. His son was Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hillebrand Morgan.