Thomas Eden (civil servant)

Thomas Eden, (29 November 1787 – 4 November 1845) was the Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Treasurer of Ceylon[1] (1816–1822), Commissioner of Stamps, and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils.

Thomas Eden
3rd Treasurer of Ceylon
In office
1816–1822
Preceded byJohn William Carrington
Succeeded byJohn Drave
Personal details
Born29 November 1787
Died4 November 1845
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Spouse(s)
Frances Elizabeth née Rodney
(m. 1810)
ChildrenJohn Patrick (b.1813), William Frederick (b.1814), Louisa Frances Catherine, Frances Marianne (b.1820), Sarah Frederica, Caroline Elizabeth
ParentsThomas Eden, Marina née Jones
ProfessionColonial administrator

Eden was born in England on 29 November 1787, the oldest son of Thomas Eden (1745–1805), the deputy auditor of Greenwich Hospital, and Marina née Jones (1750–?).[2] Eden's father, Thomas, was the fourth son of the third Baronet of West Auckland. On 4 January 1810 he married Frances Elizabeth (?–1879) the daughter of Hon. John Rodney (Colonial Secretary of Ceylon 1806–1833)[2] in Colombo.[3]

References

  1. Ferguson, John (1887). Ceylon in the Jubilee Year. London: John Haddon & Co. p. 257.
  2. Marquis of Ruviny and Raineval (1911), The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, London, p. 279
  3. Gold, Joyce (1810). The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. 24. p. 86.
Government offices
Preceded by
John William Carrington
Treasurer of Ceylon
1816–1822
Succeeded by
John Drave
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