Robert Andrews (civil servant)

Robert Andrews (c. 1763 – 13 November 1821)[1] was the Resident and Superintendent of British Ceylon.

[2] He was appointed on 12 February 1796 and was Resident until 12 October 1798.

He was succeeded by Frederick North as Governor of British Ceylon.

[3] Andrews was in the East India Company, in the Madras Civil Service, from 1778, and became Collector of Trinchinopoli.

[4] He was Senior Judge of Appeal, in the Madras Presidency.