Lionel Frederick Lee

Lionel Frederick Lee
Lionel Frederick Lee
Treasurer of Ceylon
	In office; 1 April 1899 – 4 December 1899
Preceded by	Frederick Richard Saunders
Succeeded by	Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick
Mayor of Colombo
	In office; October 1887 – November 1887
Preceded by	George Thomas Michael O'Brien
Succeeded by	H. H. Cameron
Personal details
Born	4 December 1845; Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	4 December 1899 (aged 54); Colombo, Ceylon
Resting place	Colombo General Cemetery
Spouse(s)	Ellen Annie Norfor (m. 1868, died)
Parents	George Lee, Martha née Austin
Relatives	Henry Austin (brother); Gertrude Austin (sister)
Profession	Civil servant

Lionel Frederick Lee (4 December 1845 - 4 December 1899), served as the Mayor of Colombo in 1887 and Treasurer of Ceylon in 1899.

Lionel Frederick Lee was born 4 December 1845 in Colombo, British Ceylon, the eldest son of George Lee, the Postmaster General of Ceylon (1844-1860) and Martha née Austin.[1][2]

He joined the Ceylon Civil Service in 1864, at age nineteen, and was the Superintendent of the Census in 1881 and 1891,[3] whilst acting as Registrar-General. He served as District Judge in Kegalle, Tangalle, Galle, Matara and Jaffna; as Principal Collector of Customs; and Fiscal at Colombo and Kandy.[4]

On 1 August 1868 he married Ellen Annie Norfor (1846-?), the fourth daughter of Robert Wright Norfor (1815-1864), the Commissioner of Stamps, Madras, and Amelia Wilhelmina Boxley, at the Holy Trinity Church St Sebastian Hill, Colombo.[5][6]

He died on 4 December 1899, at age 54, whilst still serving as Treasurer of Ceylon.[7] His position was filled by Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, the Postmaster General of Ceylon.[8]

References

Senanayake, Manouri P Senanayake (2018). Odyssey of a Runaway Child: Galle to Australia's Goldfields and Beyond. ISBN 9789555333672.
"Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon". Ceylon's First Newspaper. Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon. XXXVIIL: 80. July 1948.
Denham, Edward Brandis (1912). Ceylon at the Census of 1911. H. C. Cottle - Government Printer. p. 12.
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. p. 141.
"The Kabistran Archives - Ireland - Ceylon - India". Holy Trinity Church, St Sebastian, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka Marriages from 1845. The Kabristan Archives. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
"Allen's Indian Mail and Official Gazette". Births, Marriages and Deaths. XXVI: 976. 30 September 1868.
Martyn, John H. (2003). Martyn's Notes on Jaffna: Chronological, Historical, Biographical. Asian Educational Services. p. 70. ISBN 9788120616707.
"Ceylon Government Gazette No. 6577". Appointments &c., by the Governor: 112. 23 February 1900.

Government offices
Preceded by Frederick Richard Saunders	Treasurer of Ceylon 1899	Succeeded by Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick

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[1] Senanayake, Manouri P Senanayake (2018). Odyssey of a Runaway Child: Galle to Australia's Goldfields and Beyond. ISBN 9789555333672.

[2] "Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon". Ceylon's First Newspaper. Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon. XXXVIIL: 80. July 1948.

[3] Denham, Edward Brandis (1912). Ceylon at the Census of 1911. H. C. Cottle - Government Printer. p. 12.

[4] 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. p. 141.

[5] "The Kabistran Archives - Ireland - Ceylon - India". Holy Trinity Church, St Sebastian, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka Marriages from 1845. The Kabristan Archives. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[6] "Allen's Indian Mail and Official Gazette". Births, Marriages and Deaths. XXVI: 976. 30 September 1868.

[7] Martyn, John H. (2003). Martyn's Notes on Jaffna: Chronological, Historical, Biographical. Asian Educational Services. p. 70. ISBN 9788120616707.

[8] "Ceylon Government Gazette No. 6577". Appointments &c., by the Governor: 112. 23 February 1900.