E. Tolfrey

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Edward Tolfrey
8th Civil Auditor General
In office
2 March 1816 –1 December 1817
Preceded by John D'Oyly
Succeeded by John William Carrington
Personal details
Born c.1784
Died 9 August 1821
Kandy, Sri Lanka

Edward Tolfrey (c.1784 – 9 August 1821) was the 8th Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon.

British Ceylon former British Crown colony

Ceylon was a British Crown colony between 1815 and 1948. Initially the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate from 1815, but from 1815 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka.

Born in England, he was a cousin of William Tolfrey, also a civil servant in Ceylon.

William Tolfrey was a British civil servant in Ceylon and translator of the Bible into Sinhalese. The BFBS revised his translation 1895–1910.

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). [1]

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. [2]

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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References

  1. ↑ "List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated" . Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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Preceded by
John D'Oyly 		Civil Auditor General
1815–1817 		Succeeded by
John William Carrington
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