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proficiency, he was appointed as the
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His remains were removed from his late residence in the Palace for
Interment in the burial ground of the Garrison on the morning of the 26th Inst. at 7 O' clock the troops of the Garrison lining the road from the Palace to the burial ground resting on their arms reversed, while Minute Guns were
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D'Oyly went out to Ceylon in 1801, initially as a writer in the civil service and then as
President of various provincial courts. He mastered the Sinhalese language during a tenure at Matara under the tutelage of the scholarly Buddhist Monk; Karathota Dhammarama Nayake Thera, and for this
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Chaplain The Rev, N. Garstin, Medical
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336:"Diary of Mr. John D'Oyly".
297:"Diary of Mr. John D'Oyly".
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