Edward Tolfrey (c. 1784 – 9 August 1821) was the 8th

Civil Auditor General The Auditor General of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi''; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by th ...

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 ...

. Born in England, he was a cousin of

William Tolfrey William Tolfrey (1778 – 4 January 1817, in Colombo) was a British civil servant in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and translator of the Bible into Sinhala language, Sinhalese.Language, religion, and ethnic assertiveness: p. 67 Kē. En. Ō Dharmadāsa � ...

, 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, Ceylon in 1821 and was buried there. He had married Mary Anne; they had at least one son and one daughter.

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