TEMPLER, Philip Arthur. Ceylon 4.4.1846 — Aigle, Switzerland 23.8.1899. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Francis Buller Templer (1819–1903), a colonial officer in Ceylon, and Emma Turton. Assistant Government Agent in Puttaļam (1877/82 there), then Government Agent in Southern Province (1890), then in Central Province (1894). Finally 1895-99 Administrator of Dominica in West Indies. Married 1866 (in Ceylon) Frances Grace Layard (1846–1932), two daughters and one son.
Publications: “Ruins at Veheragala”, JRAS-CB 7:25, 1882, 232f., 2 pl.
Sources: Various genealogical pages.
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