Charles Peter Layard
1806–93
Colonial official in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Attended St John’s College, Cambridge, 1829–30. Extra-assistant in the colonial secretary’s office, Ceylon , 1830. District judge of Galle, 1839–40, 1850–1; of Trincomalee, 1840–50. Government agent, Western Province, 1851–79. Member of the legislative council. Acting colonial secretary, 1877. Knighted, 1876.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
