About Henry Augustus Marshall
Lived 1776 – 1841 (aged 64–65). Henry Augustus Marshall was a British official.
Henry Augustus Marshall (c. 1776 – 23 January 1841) was a British colonial administrator in British Ceylon.
Life Marshall was educated at Harrow and Charterhouse Schools and at Christ Church, Oxford.
He went out to Ceylon to join the Civil Service there in 1798 and served as a provincial judge. He became Controller-General of Customs in 1816 and was then appointed the 10th Civil Auditor General of Ceylon in 1823, succeeding J. W. Carrington. He held that office until his death in 1841, when he was succeeded by Henry Wright.
Marshall died of fever in Munwal and was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo. He had married Elizabeth Brooke and had two sons: Henry and John.
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Who was Henry Augustus Marshall?
Civil Auditor General in Ceylon
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Henry Augustus Marshall was born in 1776.
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Henry Augustus Marshall died on 23 January 1841.
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Henry Augustus Marshall was an official.
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Henry Augustus Marshall was British.
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