Richard Ottley (judge)

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|office = 5th Chief Justice of Ceylon

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|term_start = 1 November 1827

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|predecessor = Ambrose Hardinge Giffard

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Sir Richard Ottley (1782–1845){{ cite web |author=Catherine Hall,|year=2015 |title=Sir Richard Ottley - Profile & Legacies Summary |work=Legacies of British Slave-ownership Project |publisher=University College London |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642831 |access-date=8 September 2015|display-authors=etal}} was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Ceylon.

He was the son of Drewry Ottley of St Vincent in the West Indies, and was married to 2nd baronet William Young's daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. He owned two slaves that had been left to him as a legacy of his grandmother, Mrs Jackson.

In 1814 he was appointed Chief Justice of Grenada. He sailed to Ceylon in 1820 to take up the position of judge after having been knighted (22 March 1820) {{cite book|title= The Scots Magazine ..., Volumes 85-86|page= 477}} and was promoted to Chief Justice of Ceylon on 1 November 1827, succeeding Ambrose Hardinge Giffard. He held that position until 1833, when he was succeeded by Charles Marshall.{{cite web|title=Overview|url=http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en|publisher=Judicial Service Commission Secretariat|access-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019091817/http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en|archive-date=19 October 2013}}{{cite book|author=John Ferguson|title=Ceylon in the Jubilee Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPDd3IkOrSMC&pg=PA254|access-date=7 January 2013|edition=Repr.|date=1996 |orig-year=1887|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0963-1|page=254}}

He resided at 50 York Street, Portman Square in London after retiring his judgeship.