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

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

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Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon (1936 (1936)–1947) →

Speaker: Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Chief Secretary: Graeme Tyrrell (1936-1939), Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn (1939-1940), Guy Stanley Wodeman (1940-1942), Robert Drayton (1942-1946)

Central Province (8)

Eastern Province (2)

Northern Province (5)

North Central Province (1)

H. R. Freeman
- P. B. Bulankulame

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Sabaragamuwa Province (5)

Southern Province (7)

Uva Province (3)

Western Province (14)

Appointed (8)

Burgher	George Alfred Henry Wille
European	John William Oldfield Maurice John Cary Evelyn Charles Villiers R. P. Gaddum Evelyn Charles Villiers
Indian Tamil	I. X. Pereira
Muslim	Razik Fareed T. B. Jayah
Unknown	Howard Frank Parfitt Hubert Ernest Newnham Clement Johnston Black Francis Huntly Griffith George Roland Whitby