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Frederick Richard Saunders

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Sir
Frederick Richard Saunders
Treasurer of Ceylon
In office
18 October 1890 – 1897
Preceded byGeorge Thomas Michael O'Brien
Succeeded byLionel Frederick Lee
2nd Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
In office
1872–1873
Preceded byWilliam Robert Campbell
Succeeded byWilliam Robert Campbell
Personal details
Born7 July 1838
Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died30 March 1910
Hove, East Sussex
Resting placeHove, East Sussex
Spouse(s)
Mary Jane née Gibson
1837
(m. 1867; died 1895)

Christina Sophia née Freshfield
1837
(m. 1900; died 1909)
ChildrenFrederick William (b. 1870), Charles Reeves (b. 1876), Louisa Caroline
Parent(s)Frederick Saunders, Louisa Matilda née Tucker
ProfessionColonial administrator

Sir Frederick Richard Saunders KCMG (7 July 1838 – 30 March 1910) was the Treasurer of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (1890–1897), Commissioner of Stamps, a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, and the second British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon from 1872 to 1873.

Frederick Richard Saunders was born in Colombo, Ceylon on 7 July 1838, the first son and second child of Frederick Saunders (1804–1870) (acting Postmaster General of Ceylon (1839) and then Treasurer of Ceylon (1861–1865)) and Louisa Matilda née Tucker (1814–1895).[1]

He was educated at Guernsey College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Ceylon Civil Service in 1857, and became successively District Judge, Inspector-General of Prisons, Government Agent for the Western Province, and Auditor-General. In 1890 he was appointed Treasurer of Ceylon and Commissioner of Stamps. He received the CMG in 1880 and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on 22 June 1897,[2] retiring from public service in 1897.

Saunders was married, firstly, 26 October 1867, to Mary Jane née Gibson, , who died 30 April 1895, and, secondly, in 1900, to Christina Sophia née Freshfield, widow of Captain C. F. Borrer, late 60th Rifles and daughter of Charles Freshfield (MP for Dover), who died 15 January 1909.[1] Saunders died on 30 March 1910 at his property in Hove, East Sussex at age 71. He was interred at Hove Cemetery, in a plot adjoining his wife, Christina.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Frederick Saunders b. Abt 1804 d. 29 Sep 1870 St Catherine's, Guildford: The Tatham Family of County Durham".
  2. ^ Shaw, William A. (2002). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of Knights Bachelors. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 382.
  3. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1909). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 16. London: Forgotten Books (2013 reprint). pp. 263–4. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
Government offices
Preceded by Treasurer of Ceylon
1890–1897
Succeeded by
Police appointments
Preceded by Inspector General of Police
1872–1873
Succeeded by