Robert Atherton (civil servant)

Robert Atherton CCS, JP (1801 – 1855) was a 19th-century British colonial official in British Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) for more than 25 years.[1] After a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, and recipient of the Burma Medal, he held various administrative and judicial roles in the Northern Province of Ceylon from 1825 until 1835. He was appointed as Assistant Government Agent (A.G.A), Eastern Province of Ceylon, in 1835, 1839, and 1845; A.G.A Northern Province, in 1836, and acted as District Judge, Batticaloa in 1841, and Justice of the Peace (JP), Eastern Province (1848–1855).[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "One Name Study Entry for Robert Atherton". atherton.one-name.net.
  2. ^ "The Ceylon Almanac 1848" (PDF). Sri Lanka Defence. 1848. p. 51.
  3. ^ "The Ceylon Almanac 1854" (PDF). Sri Lanka Defence. 1854. pp. 67–68.
  4. ^ "Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon by J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G". Families in British India Society. pp. 245, 257, 272, 275.
  5. ^ "Ceylon. Department of the Registrar-General., et al. "The Ceylon Blue Book.", vol.1869". Ceylon Government Press. 1869. JSTOR 26228389. Retrieved 18 August 2024.