Sir Charles Peter Layard 1806 - 1893
Sir Charles Peter Layard , K.C.M.G. 1876, Government Agent Western Provinces of Ceylon; educ. St. John's Coll., Camb. MA (Cantab); Assistant in Colonial Office, Ceylon 1830 to 1832; Magistrate at Jaffra 1831-2; Assistant to Collector at Colombo 1832-9; District Judge at Galle 1839-40 and at Tricomalee 1840-50 and again at Galle 1850-1. Acted on three occasions as Colonial Secretary. "Layards Broadway", Colombo was named after him. Between January 1866 - June 1877, First Mayor of Colombo; 1878, Commissioner for Ceylon at the Paris Exhibition; awarded September 1871, C.M.G., 30 March 1876, K.C.M.G.. 1831, Fiscal & Sitting Magistrate, Jaffna; 10 December 1828, Ceylon Civil Service; 1832, Assistant to the Collector,Colombo; 1836, Assistant Government Agent,Colombo & District Judge, Kalutara; 1837, Assistant Government Agent,Colombo & District Judge, Negombo; 1837, District Judge, Negombo; 1839, District Judge,Galle; 1840, District Judge,Trincomalee; 1850, District Judge,Galle; 1851, Government Agent,Western Province; Retired in 1906.
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| Born: Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 9th Dec 1806 | Baptised:
| | Died: London, , , England 17th Jul 1893 | Buried: St Peter's, Fort, Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Jul 1893
| | Family: Layard |
Timeline
| 9th Dec 1806 | Born (birth) Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | | 29th May 1834 | Married Louisa Anne Edwards
(Layard ) 1809 - 1886 (marriage) Weston Super Mare, Avon, England | | Mar 1891 | Head of household in 1891 census (census) London, England | | Jul 1893 | Buried (burial) Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | | 17th Jul 1893 | Died (death) London, England |
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