About Samuel Grenier
Lived 1840 – 1892 (aged 52). Samuel Grenier was a barrister.
Sir John Charles Samuel Grenier (16 June 1840 - 31 October 1892) was a barrister and the 17th Attorney General of Ceylon. He was appointed on 30 September 1886, succeeding Francis Fleming, and held the office until his death in 1892. He was succeeded by Charles Layard.
Grenier was born in Jaffna, Ceylon on 16 June 1840, son of Frederick Charles Grenier, Secretary of the District Court, Jaffna. He started his career as a sub-editor on the Ceylon Examiner and later first secretary of the Colombo Municipality.
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Who was Samuel Grenier?
Barrister, Attorney General of Ceylon (1840–1892)
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Samuel Grenier was born on 16 June 1840 in Jaffna.
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Samuel Grenier died on 31 October 1892 in Colombo.
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Samuel Grenier was a barrister.
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