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Auction: 19016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Timed Auction
Lot: 17

Ceylon: A Second Bill of Exchange, 181[9], drawn by the Deputy Paymaster General at Colombo to the Paymaster General in London authorising payment of £100 to Lieut General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Governor of Ceylon, black, endorsed by Brownrigg on the reverse. Brownrigg (1759-1833), entered the military as an Ensign in 1775. By 1803 he was Quartermaster-General to the Forces. Appointed Governor of Ceylon in 1813, acquired the Kingdom of Kandy and annexed it for the British Crown. Defeated the forces of the Great rebellion in 1817-18. left Ceylon in 1820. VF and a rare example of a Colonial pay warrant.

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