Robert Boyd (civil servant)
Robert Boyd | |
|---|---|
| 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Lennox A Mills (12 November 2012). Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932. Routledge. p. 67 note 3. ISBN 978-1-136-26271-5.
- ^ John Ferguson (1994). Ceylon in the Jubilee Year. Asian Educational Services. p. 256. ISBN 978-81-206-0963-1.