Charles Peter Layard (1806–93)

Colonial official in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Attended St John’s College, Cambridge, 1829–30. Extra-assistant in the colonial secretary’s office, Ceylon , 1830. District judge of Galle, 1839–40, 1850–1; of Trincomalee, 1840–50. Government agent, Western Province, 1851–79. Member of the legislative council. Acting colonial secretary, 1877. Knighted, 1876.