Robert Boyd | |
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3rd Accountant General and Civil Auditor | |
In office 29 September 1802 –1 October 1806 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Frazer |
Succeeded by | Samuel Tolfrey |
Treasurer of Ceylon | |
In office 1809–1812 | |
Succeeded by | J. W. Carrington |
Robert Boyd was the third Accountant General and Civil Auditor in British Ceylon. He was appointed on 29 September 1802,succeeding Thomas Frazer,and held the office until 1 October 1806. He was succeeded by Samuel Tolfrey. [1]
Sent as a civil servant to Ceylon in 1801,Boyd became Commissioner of Revenue,and was retired in 1836. [2] He became treasurer in 1809. [3]
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