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Francis Brooke Norris

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Francis Norris
4th Surveyor General of Ceylon
In office
1833–1846
Preceded byGualterus Schneider
Succeeded byH. Chims
Personal details
Born
Francis Brooke Norris

1801
Ireland[1]
Died4 January 1879 (aged 78)[2]
Holland Park, London

Francis Brooke Norris (1801 – 4 January 1879) 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.[3]

He married Isabella Gillio in 1829 in Bombay. She died in 1837, aged 27.[4] In 1839, he married secondly to Elizabeth Jane Cooper, daughter of Jonathon Sisson Cooper, Comptroller-General of Stamp Department of Ireland.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 1861 England Census
  2. ^ "Deaths". Illustrated London News. 18 January 1879. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "History". Survey Department of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies. 22. Black, Parbury, & Allen: 126. 1837. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Marriages". The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia. 28. Allen: 249. 1839. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
Government offices
Preceded by Surveyor General of Ceylon
1833–1846
Succeeded by