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William Boyd was the first colonial under-secretary to Ceylon.[1]
Boyd, arrived on the island on 12 October 1798, accompanying Frederick North, the first British civilian governor of Ceylon, to assist North in running the colony. Boyd served as the under-secretary to Hugh Gleghorn. North however did not get on with Gleghorn and in December 1799 North suspended Cleghorn from office.[2] In January 1800 Cleghorn resigned, and on 3 February sailed for England.
North then appointed Boyd as acting Colonial Secretary in January 1800,[2] a position he retained until Robert Arbuthot was permanently appointed to the role on 10 September 1801.[3]
Boyd went on to be one of the pioneer coffee planters in Ceylon.
Bibliography[edit]
- Boyd, William (1888). "Ceylon Literacy Register". Ceylon and its Pioneers. 2: 296.
- Boyd, William. "Ceylon Literary Register". The Autobiography of a Periya Durai. 3: 322.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland". 14 (47). Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 1896: 95-101.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Journal of the Dutch Burger Union of Ceylon". Ceylon in early British times. XXXVI. Dutch Burger Union: 47. October 1946.
- ^ "Ferguson's Ceylon Directory". 1959: 35.
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