Robert Andrews (c. 1763 – 13 November 1821) was the

Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon The governor of Ceylon was the representative in British Ceylon, Ceylon of the British The Crown, Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council of Ceylon, Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief o ...

. He was appointed on 12 February 1796 and was Resident until 12 October 1798. He was succeeded by Frederick North as

Governor of British Ceylon The governor of Ceylon was the representative in British Ceylon, Ceylon of the British The Crown, Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council of Ceylon, Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief o ...

. Andrews was in the East India Company, in the Madras Civil Service, from 1778, and became Collector of Trinchinopoli. He was Senior Judge of Appeal, in the Madras Presidency.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Robert 1760s births 1821 deaths Year of birth uncertain Governors of British Ceylon British East India Company civil servants British expatriates in Sri Lanka 19th-century British civil servants