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Civil Auditor General
The Auditor General of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi''; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by the President to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of government operations. These audits provide members of Parliament with objective information to help them examine the government's activities and hold it to account. According to the constitution, the Auditor General is empowered to audit the accounts of all departments of Government, the Offices of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Judicial Service Commission, the Public Service Commission, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Secretary-General of Parliament and the Commissioner of Elections, local authorities, public corporations and business or other undertakings vested in the Government under any written law. The Auditor General of Sri Lanka is the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Tolfrey
Samuel Tolfrey (died 3 January 1827) was the 4th Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon British Ceylon ( si, බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between .... Tolfrey and his family went out to Calcutta around 1800 and from there to Ceylon in 1801, where he was initially appointed to the Board of Revenue. He was appointed Civil Auditor General on 1 October 1806, succeeding Robert Boyd, and held the office until his retirement on 14 June 1809. He was succeeded by R. Plasket. He compiled a Sinhalese dictionary. After retirement he returned to England and died in London in 1825. He had married Mary Barboud. He had several sons, including Edward who remained in Ceylon and a daughter Mary, who married Dr. Thomas Christie, the Superintendent-General of Hospitals in Ceylon. References {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Emerson Tennent
Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet, FRS (born James Emerson; 7 April 1804 – 6 March 1869) was a British politician and traveller born in Ireland. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1862. Life The third son of William Emerson, a merchant of Belfast, and Sarah, daughter of William Arbuthnot of Rockville (or Rockvale), County Down, he was born there in 1804. He was educated at the Belfast Academy and Trinity College, Dublin, of which he afterwards became LL.D. He took up the cause of Greek independence, and travelled in Greece, publishing a ''Picture of Greece'' (1826), ''Letters from the Aegean'' (1829), and a ''History of Modern Greece'' (1830); and he was called to the English bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1831. In that year he married Letitia, daughter and co-heiress (with her cousin, Robert James Tennent, M.P. for Belfast, 1848–52) of William Tennent, a wealthy merchant at Belfast, who died of cholera in 1832, and he adopted by royal licence the name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Justin MacCarthy
Sir Charles Justin MacCarthy (1811–1864) was the 12th Governor of British Ceylon and the 12th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue. He was appointed on 22 October 1860 and was Governor until 1 December 1863. He also served as acting governor on two separate occasions. He was first appointed in 1850. Life His parents were Donough and Mary MacCarthy, and he was born in Brighton. He was a relation of Nicholas Wiseman, and in the early 1830s was in Rome, with a view to entering the Roman Catholic priesthood. Under the influence of the ideas of Lamennais, however, he ceased theological studies. In Rome through Wiseman he met Monckton Milnes, who became a lifelong friend. Milnes then helped him into a colonial career. MacCarthy was knighted in 1857. In office he adopted a policy of financial retrenchment. His main aim was to promote railway construction. He left Ceylon in December 1863, in poor health. He died at Spa, Belgium on 15 August 1864. Family MacCarthy married in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie (23 September 1784 – 24 September 1843) was a Scottish politician and British colonial administrator. Early life He was born James Alexander Stewart on 23 September 1784. James was the son of the former Georgina Isabella d'Aguilar and Vice Admiral The Hon. Keith Stewart, who died when he was eleven. His younger brother was Lt. Leveson Douglas Stewart (the father of John Stewart of Nateby Hall). Following his father's death, his mother married secondly, in 1797, Lt.-Col. Richard Fitzgerald, who was killed in action at the Battle of Waterloo. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and the former Lady Catherine Cochrane (the youngest daughter of John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald). His maternal grandfather was Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar. Career Stewart-Mackenzie was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ross-shire in 1831. When that constituency was abolished in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wright (civil Servant)
Henry Wright (6 July 1794 – 14 January 1879) was the 11th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon. He was born in London, the son of Henry Wright and his wife Elizabeth Dumaresq. He was appointed Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon on 1 February 1841, succeeding Henry Augustus Marshall, and held the office until 28 May 1847, when he was succeeded by Charles J. MacCarthy. He had married Camilla Lowe (1812-1891), the daughter of Sir Hudson Lowe, and they had five children: Elizabeth Laura (b.1832); William Dumaresq (b.1833); Francis (b.1835); Clara (b.1836); and Albina Eleanor (b.1838) and three daughters, Elizabeth Laura (b.1832). His eldest son, William Dumaresq WWilliam, became Treasurer of Ceylon in 1882. Wright died on 14 January 1879. References 1794 births 1879 deaths Civil servants from London British colonial governors and administrators in Asia Auditors General of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (governor)
Major-General Sir James Campbell (c. 1773–1835) was a Scottish army officer and colonial governor. Early life He was son of Major-General Dugald Campbell of Auchinleck (1742–1809) and his wife Elizabeth Mackay. Campbell served from 1803 in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, under Arthur Wellesley. Peninsular War The 94th Regiment of Foot in which he served had its troops drafted into other regiments, and Campbell, promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1804, returned to the United Kingdom with the other officers. Stationed in Jersey, the 94th recruited again. It was sent to Portugal in 1810, and was on garrison duty in Lisbon and then Cadiz, Campbell commanding it in a brigade of the 3rd Division under Thomas Picton. From October 1810 it was under Charles Colville, in the field and at the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in 1811. From the end of 1811, Colville having taken over the 4th Division, Campbell commanded the 94th, to the end of the Peninsular War. He took command at the Siege of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Augustus Marshall
Henry Augustus Marshall (c. 1776 – 23 January 1841) was a British colonial administrator in British Ceylon. Life Marshall was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and Charterhouse Schools and at Christ Church, Oxford. He went out to Ceylon to join the Civil Service there in 1798 and served as a provincial judge. He became Controller-General of Customs in 1816 and was then appointed the 10th Civil Auditor General of Ceylon in 1823, succeeding J. W. Carrington. He held that office until his death in 1841, when he was succeeded by Henry Wright (civil servant), Henry Wright. Marshall died of fever in Munwal and was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo. He had married Elizabeth Brooke and had two sons: Henry Marshall (cricketer, born 1820), Henry and John Marshall (cricketer, born 1816), John. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Henry Augustus 1770s births 1841 deaths Year of birth uncertain People educated at Harrow School People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Carrington
John William Carrington (1783 – 10 December 1857) was a British civil servant who was the 9th Civil Auditor General in Ceylon. He was appointed on 1 December 1817, succeeding E. Tolfrey, and held the office until 1823. He was succeeded by Henry Augustus Marshall. He was born around 1783, the younger brother of Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington. He died on 10 December 1857 at his home at Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park Hyde Park may refer to: Places England * Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London * Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds * Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield * Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester Austra ..., London. His wife, Clara, 56, died later the same day. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrington, John William Auditors General of Sri Lanka British colonial governors and administrators in Asia 1783 births 1857 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Tolfrey
Edward Tolfrey (c. 1784 – 9 August 1821) was the 8th Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon. Born in England, he was a cousin of William Tolfrey, also a civil servant in Ceylon. He went out to Ceylon in 1801 and filled a number of civic appointments before going home to England on leave in 1812. On his return in 1813 he became Deputy Controller-General of Customs (1813) and Commissioner of Stamps (1814) before being made Controller-General of Customs and Commissioner of Stamps (1816). He was appointed Civil Auditor General in 1816, succeeding John D'Oyly, and held the office until 1817, when he was succeeded by John William Carrington John William Carrington (1783 – 10 December 1857) was a British civil servant who was the 9th Civil Auditor General in Ceylon. He was appointed on 1 December 1817, succeeding E. Tolfrey, and held the office until 1823. He was succeeded by Henry A .... In January, 1820 he was appointed Judicial Commissioner of Kandy. He died in Kandy, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brownrigg
General Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet, GCB (8 February 1758 – 27 April 1833) was an Irish-born British statesman and soldier. He brought the last part of Sri Lanka under British rule. Early career Brownrigg was commissioned as an ensign in 1775. After service with the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, he was appointed Military Secretary to the Duke of York in 1795, and accompanied him to The Helder in Holland in 1799. In 1803 he was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces. In 1805 he was made Colonel of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment. Walcheren campaign July 1809, he joined the expedition to the Schelt. Brownrigg served as chief-of-staff to the commander Lord Chatham during the aborted operation to seize Antwerp that stalled on Walcheren island. On Chatham's instructions he drew up a memorandum assessing the situation for a council of war at which it was decided to abandon the attempt against Antwerp.Reiter p.157-58 Governor of Ceylon He left his post as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, Of Kandy
Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet (6 June 1774 – 25 May 1824) was a British colonial administrator. Life He was the second son of Matthias D'Oyly, Archdeacon of Hastings and his wife Mary. He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1793, graduating B.A. in 1796, M.A. in 1799. D'Oyly went out to Ceylon in 1801, initially as a writer in the civil service and then as President of various provincial courts. He mastered the Sinhalese language during a tenure at Matara under the tutelage of the scholarly Buddhist Monk; Karathota Dhammarama Nayake Thera, and for this proficiency, he was appointed as the Government's chief translator in 1805. He became an Agent of Revenue for the District of Colombo the following year. Further promotions saw him elevated through the ranks of civil and military and he was ultimately appointed to the post of Civil Auditor-General. D'Oyly had a key role in arranging for the British takeover of the Kandya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
