Sir Thomas Sidgreaves (25 October 1831[1] – 23 December 1889) was a British colonial judge who was Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements from 1871 to 1886.
[2] He married Barbara Young,[1] with whom he had six children, including Sir Arthur Sidgreaves, head of Rolls-Royce.
[6] He died by suicide in Great Malvern, shooting himself in the chest in his garden.
He had been suffering from depression because of recent financial losses, though he was entitled to a yearly pension of £1,200 (equivalent to £167,000 in 2023).
A jury returned a verdict of "suicide while of unsound mind" in the case.