Richard Pennefather (colonial administrator)

Richard Theodore Pennefather (c. 1828 – 27 September 1865) was the 14th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of British Ceylon, (now Sri Lanka).

Richard Theodore Pennefather
14th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue
In office
24 June 1861 – 27 September 1865
Preceded byWilliam Charles Gibson
Succeeded byRobert John Callander
Personal details
Bornc. 1828
Ireland
Died27 September 1865
Ceylon

He was born the son of Judge Edward Pennefather of Leap Castle, County Offaly, Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and his wife Susanna Darby.[1]

From 1848 to 1854 he was the private secretary of Sir Edmund Walker Head, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, and followed him to the Province of Canada in 1854 when Head became Governor General of Canada. He was made responsible for Indian affairs for part of his time there but left Canada in 1861 when Head's term of office expired.[2]

He was appointed Accountant General and Controller of Revenue of Ceylon on 25 April 1861,[3] succeeding William Charles Gibson, and held the office until his death in 1865, when he was succeeded by Robert John Callander.[4]

References
  1. Norgate, Gerlad le Grys "Edward Pennefather" Dictionary of National Biography 1885–1900 Vol. 44, p. 325
  2. "PENNEFATHER, RICHARD THEODORE". University of Toronto. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. "No. 22505". The London Gazette. 26 April 1861. p. 1796.
  4. "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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