Robert Boyd | |
Order: | 3rd |
Office: | Accountant General and Civil Auditor |
Term Start: | 29 September 1802 |
Term End: | 1 October 1806 |
Predecessor: | Thomas Frazer |
Successor: | Samuel Tolfrey |
Office2: | Treasurer of Ceylon |
Term Start2: | 1809 |
Term End2: | 1812 |
Successor2: | J. W. Carrington |
Robert Boyd was the third 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]