Ivor Edward David (6 April 1875 - 23 November 1913) was the seventh

British colonial The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

(1910-1913). Ivor Edward David was born 6 April 1875 in Llandaff,

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, Wales. David joined the Indian Police Service having passed the Civil Service Examination, where he served in Mysore, Bangalore and

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. In 1910 when

Cyril Longden Cyril Chapman Longden, KPM, (1873–1913) was the sixth British colonial Inspector-General of Police in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Longden was born on 1 November 1873, the fourth child and second son of Sir James Robert Longden (1827–1891) ...

's contract as Inspector-General of Police of Ceylon expired the Colonial government first considered appointing

Herbert Dowbiggin Sir Herbert Layard Dowbiggin (26 December 1880 – 24 May 1966) was the eighth British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon from 1913 to 1937, the longest tenure of office of an Inspector General of Police (IGP). He was called the 'Fa ...

but he was determined as being too young for the position. The government instead choose to appoint David, the District Superintendent of Police in

, as the new Inspector-General of Police in Ceylon. During his tenure David is noted for establishing the Police sports grounds in Bambalapitiya in 1912. David died unexpectedly on 23 November 1913 in Colombo, Ceylon at the age of 38. His position as Inspector-General of Police was filled by Dowbiggin.

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