Sir Raymond West, K.C.I.E., was Barrister King's Inns Dublin 1871, Puisne Judge of the High Court of Bombay, 1873–87; President of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, also acted as Procurecur-General in Egypt 1884; member of the Government of Bombay 1887-92; Reader in Indian Law, Cambridge University.