EMERSON TENNENT, SIR JAMES

EMERSON TENNENT, SIR JAMES
   bred for the bar; was from 1845 to 1852 colonial secretary and lieutenant-governor of Ceylon, and became on his return joint-secretary to the Board of Trade; wrote "Christianity in Ceylon" and "Ceylon: an Account of the Island" (1804-1869).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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