Frederick Saunders,CCS,JP,(c.1804 - 29 September 1870) was the acting Postmaster General of Ceylon (1839),Legislative Council the twelfth Treasurer of Ceylon (1861–1865),and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council,under the Robinson administration.
Saunders initially worked in the Custom's office in Liverpool in February 1823,before taking on the role of warehouse keeper,in Halifax,Nova Scotia in September 1825. [1] In February 1828 he went on to being the controller of customs at Saint Andrews,New Brunswick,followed by a position in March 1833 of collector of customs at St. George's,Bermuda. [1]
In August 1836 he travelled to British Ceylon to take on the role of controller of customs. [1] On 1 February 1839 he was appointed the acting Postmaster General of Ceylon. [2]
In 1841 he was appointed acting collector of customs and acting warehouse keeper. [3]
In 1842 he reverted to the office of controller of customs. [4]
Saunders served as principal collector of customs from 1849 until 1961,and also served on the Legislative Council from 1850. [5] [6]
On 5 May 1861 Saunders was officially appointed as the Treasurer of Ceylon,deputy paymaster general to the Queen's Troops and Commissioner of Stamps, [7] [8] [9] and served on the Executive Council of Ceylon,led by Governor Charles Justin MacCarthy,and the subsequent Executive Council led by Governor Hercules Robinson,until he resigned from the position in August 1865.
Saunders married Louisa Matilda Tucker (1814–1895). [10] They had two children Elizabeth Mary (1837-1914) and Sir Frederick Richard KCMG (1838–1910),who also served as Treasurer of Ceylon and Commissioner of Stamps (1890–1897). [11]
Saunders died on 29 September 1870 in Guildford,Surrey,England,at the age of 66. [10]
Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in,worked in or lived in Ceylon.
Henry Augustus Marshall was a British colonial administrator in British Ceylon.
Francis Brooke Norris was a British colonial administrator who was the fourth Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1833,succeeding Gualterus Schneider,and held the office until 1846. He was succeeded by W. H. Simms.
The Hamilton Canal is a 14.5 km (9.0 mi) canal connecting Puttalam to Colombo,passing through Negombo in Sri Lanka. The canal was constructed by the British in 1802 and completed in 1804. It was designed to drain salt water out of the Muthurajawela wetlands. The canal was named after Gavin Hamilton,the Government Agent of Revenue and Commerce.
Sir Frederick Richard Saunders was the Treasurer of Ceylon (1890–1897),Commissioner of Stamps,a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils,and the second British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon from 1872 to 1873.
St. Peter's Church is one of the oldest continuously functioning churches in Colombo,Sri Lanka. It is located on Church Street in Colombo Fort,on the northern side of the Grand Oriental Hotel.
Simon Casie Chetty was a Ceylonese civil servant,author and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Hector William van Cuylenburg,VD was a Ceylonese lawyer,newspaper proprietor and legislator. He was elected as the first unofficial member representing the Burghers in the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Hubert Ernest Newnham CMG BA (Oxon) (1886–1970) was a Ceylonese civil servant and politician.
Henry Luttrell Moysey ISO was an English colonial administrator who was the ninth Postmaster General of Ceylon and Director of Telegraphs,serving from 1900–06.
Arthur Sampson Pagden CMG was an English civil servant,who was employed in the Ceylon Civil Service for forty years,between 1881 and 1920. During which time was elected as the Mayor of Colombo (1901-1905) and appointed as the Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary (1905-1906),the Postmaster General of Ceylon (1906-1913) and the Controller of Revenue (1913-1920).
Louis Sansoni served as the second Postmaster General of Ceylon,between 1816 and 1825.
Lionel Frederick Lee,served as the Mayor of Colombo in 1887 and Treasurer of Ceylon in 1899.
Sir Alexander Murray Ashmore was the Colonial Secretary of British Guinea from 1901 to 1904 and the Lieutenant-Governor and Colonial Secretary of Ceylon from 1904 to 1906.
Leonard William Booth was a British civil servant,who served in Ceylon and was the acting Colonial Secretary of Ceylon from 1911 to 1913.
John Frederick Giffening was a Ceylonese proctor,public notary and politician.
George Vane CMG,CCS,was the thirteenth Treasurer of Ceylon (1865-1882),and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council,under the Robinson,Gregory and Longden administrations.
Francis James Templer was a British civil servant,who served as the ninth Treasurer of Ceylon from 1 November 1843 to October 1854. He was a member of the 3rd executive council of British Ceylon,the Campbell executive council.
Hardinge Hay Cameron CCS,JP,FRCI was the nineteenth Treasurer of Ceylon (1901-1904),and a member of both the Legislative Council and Governor's Executive Council,under the Ridgeway,and Blake administrations. He also served as the Mayor/Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council (1887-1893).
Robert Atherton CCS,JP was a 19th-century British colonial official in British Ceylon for more than 25 years. After a career in the Royal Navy,he held various administrative and judicial roles in the Northern Province. He was appointed as Assistant to the Government Agent,Eastern Province,in 1835,1839,and 1845;Assistant to the Government Agent,Northern Province,in 1836,and acted as District Judge,Batticaloa in 1841. Justice of the Peace (JP),Eastern Province (1848–1855).
Treasurer | |
---|---|
Financial Secretary |