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'''Sir William Henry Rattigan''' (4 September 1842 [[Delhi]] – 4 July 1904 [[London]])<ref>{{rayment-hc|l|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a [[United Kingdom|British]] judge and [[Liberal Unionist]] MP for [[North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Lanarkshire]].<br />
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==Background and education==<br />
Rattigan was born in [[Delhi]], India, in September 1842, the son of Bartholomew Rattigan, of Athy, Co. Kildare. He was educated at the High School, [[Agra]], and [[King's College London]], and was admitted to bar as a member of [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1873. He later received a doctorate ([[Legum Doctor|LL.D]]) from the [[University of Göttingen]].<ref name=TT27091901>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence|date=27 September 1901 |page 7 |issue=36571| }}</ref><br />
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==Legal and political career==<br />
Most of his legal career took place in India. He served as judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab on four occasions, was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1895, [[took silk]] in 1897 and practiced in the [[Allahabad High Court|High court of the North Western Provinces]]. He was also an additional member of the supreme legislative council of India 1892–93, and member of the Punjab legislative council 1898–99.<ref name=TT27091901 /><br />
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In 1887 he was Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University, from which he later received an honorary doctorate (LL.D).<ref name=TT27091901 /> An honorary doctorate (LL.D) from the [[University of Glasgow]] followed in June 1901.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Glasgow University jubilee |date=14 June 1901 |page=10 |issue=36481}}</ref><br />
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After moving back to the United Kingdom, Rattigan contested the [[North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Lanarkshire constituency]] in the [[1900 United Kingdom general election|general election 1900]], but lost to the incumbent, [[John Colville (Liberal politician)|John Colville]]. When the latter died the following year, Rattigan contested and won a by-election in for the same constituency in September 1901,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27360 |date=1 October 1901 |page=6395 }}</ref> and held it until his death.<br />
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==Family==<br />
Rattigan married, in 1878, Evelyn Higgins, daughter of Colonel A. Higgins, CIE.<ref name=TT27091901 /> His son [[Henry Adolphus Rattigan|Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan]] later achieved note as the Chief Justice of the [[Lahore High Court]], while his youngest son [[Cyril Rattigan|Cyril Stanley Rattigan]] played first-class cricket and was killed in action during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]|isbn=978-1473864191|pages=286–7}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
*''The Roman Law of Persons'', 1873<br />
*''The Science of Jurisprudence'', 1892<br />
*''Private International Law'', 1895<br />
*''Digest of Customary Law for Punjab'', 1895<br />
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*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Rattigan, William Henry|year=1920}} This source gives his date of death as 1905.<br />
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