Samuel Tolfrey (died 3 January 1827) was the 4th
Civil Auditor General
The Auditor General of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi''; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by th ...
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 ...
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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.
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Auditors General of Sri Lanka
1750s births
1827 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
British colonial governors and administrators in Asia