F. B. Norris
British colonial administrator
About F. B. Norris
F. B. Norris was a Sri Lankan.
Francis Brooke Norris (1801 – 4 January 1879) was a British colonial administrator who was the fourth Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1833, succeeding Gualterus Schneider, and held the office until 1846. He was succeeded by W. H. Simms.
He married Isabella Gillio in 1829 in Bombay. She died in 1837, aged 27. In 1839, he married secondly to Elizabeth Jane Cooper, daughter of Jonathon Sisson Cooper, Comptroller-General of Stamp Department of Ireland.
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Who was F. B. Norris?
British colonial administrator
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F. B. Norris was Sri Lankan.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Francis Brooke Norris
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