George Vane CMG, CCS, was the thirteenth

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(1865-1882), and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council, under the

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administrations.

Career

Vane was initially appointed to the custom's department in Liverpool in 1834, before being appointed as inspector general of imports and exports in London in 1837, then

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in 1839. In 1847 he was made comptroller of customs in

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, British Ceylon. In 1854 he was the deputy collector of customs in the western and north-western province of Ceylon. Vane served as superintendent of fisheries from 1855 to 1860 and was primarily responsible for administering

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in the

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, during that time. In 1887 a report he prepared on the Ceylon

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fisheries was published by the Royal Asiatic Society. In 1861 he was appointed the principal collector of customs in Ceylon. On 1 September 1865 he was appointed as Treasurer of Ceylon by

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, replacing Frederick Saunders. A position he retained until he retired in 1882. In 1877 Vane was awarded Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George at the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Family

On 15 December 1847 he married Harriet Braybrooke, daughter of Colonel Samuel Braybrooke, in Colombo. She was the sister-in-law of William Dumaresq Wright,

from 1882 to 1886. His oldest son, Frederick William,

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(b. 1852), served on numerous occasions as acting

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and Director of Telegraphs, Controller of Government Stores and Secretary, Savings Bank for Ceylon, his daughter Alice Emma (1859-?), married Brigadier General

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(1853-1921), and his younger son, Henry George Bagnall (1861-1938), was the State Auditor and Financial Commissioner of the Federated Malay States (1909-1915).

Publications

References

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