W. H. Ravenscroft
18th Auditor General and Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon
About W. H. Ravenscroft
Lived 1843 – 1890 (aged 47). W. H. Ravenscroft was an auditor General of Sri Lanka.
William Henry Ravenscroft, CMG (11 January 1843 – 29 May 1890) was the 18th Auditor General and Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon.
He was born the son of Henry William Ravenscroft of London. He served in the Commissariat Department of the Army from 1861 to 1874 and as Auditor-General for Griqualand West in 1876.
He was appointed Auditor General of Ceylon on 23 May 1877, succeeding C. A. D. Barclay, and held the office until his death in 1890, when he was succeeded by G. T. M. O'Brien.
He died in Ceylon in 1890. He had married Edith Elizabeth Fox and had 2 sons and a daughter.
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18th Auditor General and Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon
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W. H. Ravenscroft was born on 11 January 1843 in St Pancras.
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W. H. Ravenscroft died on 29 May 1890 in Sri Lanka.
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W. H. Ravenscroft was an auditor General of Sri Lanka.
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