Francis Brooke Norris Explained

Francis Norris
Order:4th
Office:Surveyor General of Ceylon
Term Start:1833
Term End:1846
Predecessor:Gualterus Schneider
Successor:H. Chims
Birth Date:1801
Birth Place:Ireland[1]
Death Date:4 January 1879 (aged 78)[2]
Death Place:Holland Park, London
Birthname:Francis Brooke Norris

Francis Brooke Norris (1801 – 4 January 1879) was a British colonial administrator who was the fourth Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1833, succeeding Gualterus Schneider, and held the office until 1846. He was succeeded by W. H. Simms.[3]

He married Isabella Gillio in 1829 in Bombay. She died in 1837, aged 27.[4] In 1839, he married secondly to Elizabeth Jane Cooper, daughter of Jonathon Sisson Cooper, Comptroller-General of Stamp Department of Ireland.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 1861 England Census
  2. News: Deaths. 9 February 2024 . . 18 January 1879 . 18 . subscription.
  3. Web site: History . Survey Department of Sri Lanka . 14 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416050210/http://www.survey.gov.lk/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=55&lang=en . 16 April 2014 .
  4. Deaths. . The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies . 1837 . 22 . 126 . 9 February 2024 . Black, Parbury, & Allen . en.
  5. Marriages. . The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia . 1839 . 28 . 249 . 9 February 2024 . Allen . en.