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James Caulfield | |
|---|---|
| 10th Treasurer of Ceylon | |
| In office 23 October 1854 – 30 June 1860 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Templer |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Saunders |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Caulfield 19 July 1806 Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 4 May 1861 (aged 54) Kandy, Ceylon |
| Resting place | British Garrison Cemetery, Kandy |
| Spouse | Eliza née Gray |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Hans Caulfield (father) Anne née Rothe (mother) |
| Profession | Colonial administrator |
James Caulfield (19 July 1806 - 4 May 1861) was a British civil servant, who served as the tenth Treasurer of Ceylon from 1854 to 1860.[1] He was a member of the George William Anderson executive council of Ceylon and the Torrington executive council of Ceylon.
Early life and career
[edit]Caulfield was born on 19 July 1806 in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, the second son of Reverend Hans Caulfield (1778 - 1851), rector of Kilmanagh, and Anne née Rothe (1783 - 1852). His older brother, Charles (1804 – 1862) was the Bishop of Nassau and the Bahamas (1861-1862). He began his career as a midshipman on one of the East India Company's ships,[2] before being appointed to the Ceylon Civil Service on 12 October 1823.[3] He served as an assistant in the Cinnamon Department (1823), the assistant to the government agent for the Southern Province, assistant to the government agent of the Western Province (1841), District judge of Chilaw and Putlam (1841), government agent for North Western Province (1845), District judge of Manar (1845), acting Auditor General (1850) and acting Treasurer (1850).[4]
He married Eliza Gray (1815 - 1854), the daughter of Captain French Gray (1779 - 1818) and Ursula Theodora Petronella née Mooyart (1874 - 1847), the widower of Major Samuel Adolphus Rehe (? - 1837), on 17 October 1840 in Chilaw, Ceylon. They had five children together, three boys and two girls.
Following the death of Francis Templer on 22 October 1854, Caulfield took up the role as Treasurer of Ceylon, Deputy Paymaster General to the Queen's Troops and Commissioner of Stamps, on 23 October 1854,[5] which was confirmed in January 1855.[6] It was a position he served in for almost six years until he resigned on 30 June 1860.
He died in Kandy on 4 May 1861, of a long-standing heart disease, and is buried in the British Garrison Cemetery, Kandy.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Appointments". The Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affaires: 1855: 72. 1855.
- ^ Toussaint, James Reginald (1935). Annals of the Ceylon Civil Service. Colombo Apothercaries Company. p. 93.
- ^ Plâté Limited (1924). Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. Plâté Limited. p. 84.
- ^ The Ceylon Almanac (PDF). Colombo: William Skeen: Government Printing Office. 1851. p. xxxvi-xxxvii.
- ^ Seuter, Edward Beaumont Fraser, ed. (1913). The Ceylon Manual, for the Use of Officials: Comprising Historical, Statistical, and Other Information Concerning the Island and Its Administration, for 1912-1913. A. M. & J. Ferguson. p. 89.
- ^ Bulletins and Other State Intelligence, Part 1. London: Harrison and Sons. 1856. p. 181.
- ^ Lewis, John Penry (1913). List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated. Dalcassian Publishing Company.
Category:1806 births Category:People from Skibbereen Category:1861 deaths Category:British civil servants in British Ceylon Category:Government Agents (Sri Lanka) Category:Treasurers of Ceylon