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About Alexander Johnston
Sir Alexander Johnston, PC, FRS, was a British colonial official who served as third Chief Justice of Ceylon and second Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon. He introduced a range of administrative reforms in Sri Lanka, introducing numerous liberal ideas and supporting the rights of natives. He was also an orientalist and along with Henry Thomas Colebrooke and others he was a founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Everything about Alexander Johnston →- Occupation
- judge, colonial administrator
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Born
- April 25, 1775
- Died
- March 6, 1849