Edward Tolfrey
Edward Tolfrey | |
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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 eighth Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon.
Born in England, he was a cousin of William Tolfrey, also a civil servant in Ceylon.
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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Preceded by | Civil Auditor General 1815–1817 | Succeeded by John William Carrington |
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