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Robert Andrews (Resident)

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Monarch
  
George III


Name
  
Robert Andrews

Preceded by
  
Pierre Frederic de Meuron (as Military Governor of British Ceylon)

Succeeded by
  
Frederick North (as Governor of British Ceylon)

Robert Andrews (died 13 November 1821, at age 58) was the Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon. He was appointed on 12 February 1796 and was Resident until 12 October 1798. He was succeeded by Frederick North as Governor of British Ceylon.

Andrews was in the East India Company, in the Madras Civil Service, from 1778, and became Collector of Trinchinopoli. He was Senior Judge of Appeal, in the Madras Presidency.

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Robert Andrews (civil servant) Wikipedia