Sir Richard Plasket or Plaskett, (1782–1847) was the 5th

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

for

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 ...

. He was appointed on 14 June 1809, succeeding Samuel Tolfrey, and held the office until 30 January 1811, when he was succeeded by Anthony Bertolacci. He left Ceylon in 1814 after 12 years service there and moved to Malta to serve as Chief Secretary under his previous

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, Sir Thomas Maitland, during which time he was knighted KCMG. In 1824, he was appointed Colonial Secretary of the

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, where he was heavily involved in establishing the Royal Observatory. He was finally Civil Commissioner in

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before his retirement in 1844. He died in 1847.

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1782 births 1847 deaths Auditors General of Sri Lanka British colonial governors and administrators in Asia {{Malta-politician-stub