MACREADY, William Charles. Elstree, Hertsmere Borough, Hertfordshire 7.8.1832 — Puttalam, North-Western Sri Lanka 26.11.1871. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of the well-known actor William Charles Macready (1793–1873) and actress Catherine Frances Atkins (1806–1852). After Westminster School studies at Oxford (Christ Church) and Haileybury. From 1854 in Ceylon Civil Service, worked as Assistant Government Agent in Kandy, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Colombo and again Puttalam. Married 1857 Mary Waring, children.
Publications: Sela Lihini Sandése with notes and glossary for the use of students. 1865 (a Sinhalese poem).
– Translated from Sinhalese: Sri Rahula’s Kaviasekera and Paravisandesa; Alagiyawanna Mohattala’s Subasita.
Sources: collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/macready-william-charles-1832-1871; J.R. Toussaint, Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon 23, 1934, 126; stray notes in Internet.
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