Charles Justin MacCarthy
| Charles Justin MacCarthy | |
|---|---|
| 12th Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 22 October 1860 – 1 December 1863 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by |
Charles Edmund Wilkinson acting governor |
| Succeeded by |
Terence O'Brien acting governor |
| Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 18 January 1855 – 11 May 1855 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | George William Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Henry George Ward |
| Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 18 October 1850 – 27 November 1850 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Torrington |
| Succeeded by | George William Anderson |
| 12th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | |
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In office 28 May 1847 – 1 October 1851 | |
| Preceded by | H. Wright |
| Succeeded by | W. C. Gibson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1811 |
| Died | 1864 |
Charles Justin MacCarthy (1811–1864)[1] was the 12th Governor of British Ceylon and the 12th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue. He was appointed on 22 October 1860 and was Governor until 1 December 1863. He also served as acting governor on two separate occasions. He was first appointed in 1850.[2][3]
Life
His parents were Donough and Mary MacCarthy, and he was born in Brighton.[4][5] He was a relation of Nicholas Wiseman, and in the early 1830s was in Rome, with a view to entering the Roman Catholic priesthood. Under the influence of the ideas of Lamennais, however, he ceased theological studies. In Rome through Wiseman he met Monckton Milnes, who became a lifelong friend. Milnes then helped him into a colonial career.[1][6]
MacCarthy was knighted in 1857.[1] In office he adopted a policy of financial retrenchment. His main aim was to promote railway construction.[7] He left Ceylon in December 1863, in poor health.[8] He died at Spa, Belgium on 15 August 1864.[9]
Family
MacCarthy married in 1848 Sophia Brunel Hawes, eldest daughter of Sir Benjamin Hawes.[5][10] They had a son, Charles Philip.[11]
References
- 1 2 3 William Ewart Gladstone (15 February 1969). The Gladstone Diaries: 1825–1832 : 1833–1839. Oxford University Press. pp. 325 note 1. ISBN 978-0-19-821370-3.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ O'Hart, John (1892). "Irish Pedigrees". Internet Archive. p. 134. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- 1 2 Robert P. Dod (1862). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland for 1862. p. 385.
- ↑ Stoddard, Richard Henry (1891). "The Life, Letters, and Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes, first Lord Houghton. Introd. by Richard Henry Stoddard". Internet Archive. p. 123. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ K. M. De Silva (January 1981). A History of Sri Lanka. University of California Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-520-04320-6.
- ↑ L. E. Blaze (1938). History of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. p. 237. ISBN 978-81-206-1841-1.
- ↑ William Skeen (1870). Mountain Life and Coffee Cultivation in Ceylon: A Poem on the Knuckles Range, with Other Poems. Edward Stanford. p. 179.
- ↑ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes. S. Low, Marston & Company. 1865. p. 393.
- ↑ "MacCarthy, Charles Philip (MRTY877CP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Viscount Torrington |
Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1850-1850 |
Succeeded by George William Anderson |
| Preceded by George William Anderson |
Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1855-1855 |
Succeeded by Henry George Ward |
| Preceded by Charles Edmund Wilkinson acting governor |
Governor of British Ceylon 1860–1863 |
Succeeded by Terence O'Brien acting governor |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by H. Wright |
Accountant General and Controller of Revenue 1847–1851 |
Succeeded by W. C. Gibson |