Charles Moncrieff Goodyear (26 July 1867 - 22 December 1923) was a British surveyor, who served as the third Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States, from 1920 to 1922.
[1][2] Charles Moncrieff Goodyear was born 26 July 1867 in Manchester, Lancashire, the eldest son of Charles Goodyear (1838-1925) and Margaret Millie née Blair (1844-1869).
He studied at Manchester Grammar School, between 1877 and 1885 before attending Merton College, Oxford.
[3] In September 1893 he qualified as licensed land surveyor in New South Wales, Australia.
[7][8] He returned to England after retiring from Survey Department and in April 1923 married a widow, Ethel Orr, in France.