Sausse was born in
Carrick-on-Suir,
County Tipperary into a
Roman Catholic family. He was the son of Richard Sausse and Jane Duffey. His brother Sir Richard Frederick (known in Spanish as Ricardo Federico de La Saussaye y Duffey) was governor of
Cartagena, Spain. Sausse graduated with distinction from
Trinity College, Dublin. He first worked as the Secretary and Solicitor in the Commission to Enquire into the state of the Municipal Corporation of
England. Richard Sausse became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Bombay Presidency in 1859, thereafter on 23 June 1862 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the
Bombay High Court and served there till 1866. He was known as "Sausse the Silent" in the Court. He passed the judgment in the famous
Maharaj Libel Case. He died of gastric fever at
Killarney House, seat of
Lord Castlerosse. ==References==