Edmund Henry Lushington

Edmund Henry Lushington (11 July 1766 – 27 March 1839) was the second Chief Justice of Ceylon.

He was the son of Rev James Lushington of Rodmersham, Kent and his wife Mary Law, daughter of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle.

He became a barrister-at-law and later a bencher of the Inner Temple. In 1806, he was appointed a puisne judge in Ceylon. He was elevated to Chief Justice of Ceylon in 1807, serving until 1809, when he was succeeded by William Coke as acting Chief Justice.

On his return to England, he served as Chief Commissioner of the Colonial Audit Board and as Master of the Crown Office. In 1824, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He died in 1839. He had married twice; first to Louisa, the daughter of Faulkner Philips of Manchester (who died in 1801), and later to Sophia, daughter of Thomas Philips of Sedgeley, near Manchester. He had eight daughters and four sons, including Sir Franklin Lushington and Henry Lushington.