Herbert Webb Gillman (18 May 1832 - 23 July 1898) was a Ceylonese Judge, the Postmaster General of Ceylon between 1867 and 1871 and an Irish historian.
[1] Gillman undertook his tertiary studies at Trinity College Dublin, where he received a gold medal in mathematics[2] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1853.
[3] Whilst reading for a fellowship at Trinity College, he was offered and accepted a post in the Ceylon Civil Service, where he remained for some twenty years.
During his tenure he served as Postmaster General (1867); District Judge, Galle (1872); and acting Treasurer of Ceylon, where he assisted in the decimalisation of the rupee.
[6] His father died on 2 December 1877 as did his stepmother four months later,[7] with Gillman inheriting the entire family estate.