Edward Tolfrey | |
Order: | 8th |
Office: | Civil Auditor General |
Term Start: | 2 March 1816 |
Term End: | 1 December 1817 |
Predecessor: | John D'Oyly |
Successor: | John William Carrington |
Birth Date: | c. 1784 |
Death Date: | 9 August 1821 |
Death Place: | 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.