| Richard Morgan | |
| Office: | Acting Chief Justice of Ceylon |
| Term Start: | 1874 |
| Term End: | 1874 |
| Order2: | 13th |
| Office2: | Queen's Advocate of Ceylon |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 1863 |
| Term End2: | 1876 |
| Predecessor2: | Henry Byerley Thomson |
| Successor2: | Richard Cayley |
| Office3: | Acting Deputy Queen's Advocate of Ceylon |
| Term Start3: | 1 May 1862 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 1863 |
| Office4: | Acting Queen's Advocate of Ceylon |
| Term Start4: | 16 April 1861 |
| Term End4: | 1 May 1862 |
| Term Start5: | 19 November 1857 |
| Term End5: | 1858 |
| Office6: | Judge of the District Court of Colombo |
| Term Start6: | 6 November 1860 |
| Term End6: | 16 April 1861 |
| Term Start7: | 1858 |
| Term End7: | 21 May 1859 |
| Term Start8: | 1 October 1856 |
| Term End8: | 1 January 1857 |
| Office9: | Acting Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon |
| Term Start9: | 1 January 1860 |
| Term End9: | 6 November 1860 |
| Office10: | Acting Second Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon |
| Term Start10: | 1 January 1857 |
| Term End10: | 19 November 1857 |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1821 |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Ceylon |
| Death Date: | 27 January 1876 (aged 54) |
| Death Place: | Colombo, Ceylon |
| Nationality: | Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) |
| Residence: | Whist Bungalow |
Sir Richard Francis Morgan (21 February 1821 – 27 January 1876)[1] 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.[2] [3]
Morgan was knighted in 1874, while serving as Crown Advocate of Ceylon.[4] He was made acting Chief Justice of Ceylon, after E. S. Creasy had returned to England on sick leave.[5] His son was Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hillebrand Morgan.