Maurice John Cary

Maurice John Cary JP UPM (1871 – 12 August 1938) was an appointed member of the 1st and 2nd State Councils of Ceylon.[1][2]

Maurice John Cary was born in London in 1871, the son of George Goldney Cary, a barrister at law.[3]

Cary migrated to Ceylon in 1896 where he served as the manager of the Colombo Commercial Company Ltd. He was a director of the Colombo YMCA between 1929 and 1930, and was the chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce between 1929 and 1931.[4][5]

Cary married Emily Winifred Thomas on 30 October 1900 at the Isle of Wight.[6]

He was appointed one of the European members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon in 1931[7] and subsequently in 1936 was re-appointed to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon.[8]

He died in Edgbaston, Birmingham, in 1938.[9]

References
  1. Jātika Rājya Sabhāva. Pustakālaya (1972). Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon, 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. p. 24.
  2. "Hon. Cary, Maurice John, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. Who's Who of Ceylon (3rd Edition). 1920. p. 31.
  4. Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. Plâté Limited. 1924. p. 19.
  5. Jayawickrama, S. S. (2005). The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, 1839-2004: A Historical Review. Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. p. 186. ISBN 9789556040326.
  6. Hall, B. R. "Isle of Wight Victorian Marriages from Registers (Edition 3)" (PDF). Isle of Wight. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  7. Debates of the State Council of Ceylon. State Council of Ceylon. 1937. p. 61.
  8. Ferguson's Ceylon Directory 1937. Colombo, Ceylon: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 1937. pp. 218–219.
  9. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
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