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 3rd 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

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