Sir Richard Plasket or Plaskett, KCMG (1782–1847) was the fifth Civil Auditor General for Ceylon.
[1] He left Ceylon in 1814 after 12 years service there and moved to Malta to serve as Chief Secretary under his previous Governor, Sir Thomas Maitland, during which time he was knighted KCMG.
In 1824, he was appointed Colonial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope, where he was heavily involved in establishing the Royal Observatory.
He was finally Civil Commissioner in St Helena before his retirement in 1844.
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