| 词条 | Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy |
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|honorific-prefix = Sir |name = John D'Oyly |native_name = 1st Baronet, of Kandy |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = |image = Ehelepola, Molligoda and Kapuvatta with D'Oyly.jpg |imagesize = |smallimage = |alt = |caption = Ehelepola, Molligoda and Kapuvatta with D'Oyly |order = 7th |office = Civil Auditor General |term_start = 1 September 1814 |term_end = 1815 |predecessor = Anthony Bertolacci |successor = Edward Tolfrey |order2 = |office2 = |term_start2 = |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |order3 = |office3 = |term_start3 = |term_end3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |birth_date = 6 June 1774 |birth_place = England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1824|05|25|1774|06|06|df=yes}} |death_place = Kandy, Sri Lanka |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = }} Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet (6 June 1774 – 25 May 1824) was a British colonial administrator. He was the second son of Matthias D'Oyly, Archdeacon of Hastings and his wife Mary. He was educated at Westminster School and graduated from Cambridge University in 1796. He 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 and in 1805 was appointed Government chief translator. In 1806 he became Agent of Revenue for the District of Colombo and in 1814, Civil Auditor-General for Ceylon. D'Oyly had a key role in arranging for the British takeover of the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. Being fluent in Sinhala, he was the intermediary between the British Governor and the disaffected Kandyan chiefs who were intriguing to "sell out" the king, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. D'Oyly is credited with drafting the Kandyan Convention of March 2, 1815 which set out the terms of the accession. He was created a baronet in 1821[1] and chose to stay in Kandy, eventually dying there in 1824. A Briton who visited Kandy before 1815 had described him as living like a "Cingalese hermit". His earlier association with a woman poet, Gajaman Nona, in Matara led to some speculation{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}. He died in 1824 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Kandy. Debates Even though some describes D'Oyly as a someone who has done an immense work to develop Sri Lanka (Ceylon at that time), modern day academians challenge that view after considering some historical data. In his book, The doomed king, princeton professor Gananatha Obesekara suggests that D'Oyly is a political hitman. However, Professor Obeysekara further mentions that D'Oyly was only doing his job as a British civil servant in Sri Lanka. References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=17730 |date=28 July 1821 |page=1555}}
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