Herbert Wace

Herbert Wace CMG (31 December 1851 – 28 May 1906) was a British colonial administrator who served his career in Ceylon.

Early life and education Wace was born in 1851, the youngest son of Rev. Richard Henry Wace of Wadhurst, Sussex. He was educated at Westminster School.

Career Wace entered the Ceylon civil service as a writer in 1873. He then served in a variety of posts including Assistant Collector of Customs (1876); Assistant Government Agent successively in: Kalutara (1879); Ratnapura (1885); Matara (1886), and Nuwara Eliya (1887). In 1889, he served as assistant to the Colonial Secretary, and in the following year was Commissioner of Requests at Colombo.

From 1890, Wace served in the substantive post of Government Agent, successively in: North Western Province (1890); Sabaragamuwa Province (1891); Southern Province (1897), and Central Province from 1900 until his death in 1906.

He also served, on occasion as Acting Colonial Secretary, and was a member of both the Executive and Legislative Council of Ceylon.

Wace Park in Kandy, built while he was Mayor of Kandy, is named after him.