Raphi Phatthanasak
Prince Raphi Phatthanasak, Prince of Ratchaburi, was a son of king Chulalongkorn and Chao Chom manda Talab. He had one full sister, Princess Ajrabarni Rajkanya.
The key figure in Thai legal reform, he graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. In 1897 he set up the first law school in Thailand. He also reorganized the Thai court system under the 1908 Law on Organization. In 1892, the Ministry of Justice was established and as its Head Minister, Prince Raphi was appointed to unify the judiciary.
Prince Raphi died in Paris on 7 August 1920 at 21:00. He died of prostate cancer and kidney complications at the age of 45 years, 9 months, 17 days. King Rama VI asked the Siamese ambassador to France to organize a royal cremation ceremony in Paris, in accordance with Prince Raphi's wishes. After that, Prince Kaiseang-raphi Rabhibhat came to pick up and summon the Royal Regiment of Prince Raphi Phatthanasak to Thailand on 1 December 1920.Ancestry
