Robert Singleton-Salmon

Hon.
Robert Singleton-Salmon
CBE
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Community (appointed member)
In office
1951–1970
Preceded by Francis Huntly Griffith
Succeeded by position abolished
Personal details
Born (1897-10-24)24 October 1897
Barnamire, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died 1970
Nationality British
Relations Frederick (father)
Profession tea planter, politician

Robert Singleton-Salmon CBE JP (1897 - 1970) was a British tea planter, businessman and a member of parliament.[1]

Robert Singleton-Salmon was born in 24 October 1897 in Barnamire, County Wicklow, Ireland, the son of Frederick Singleton-Salmon. In 1925 he travelled to Ceylon, taking up planting as a career.[2]

In 1950 he was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon, resigning in 1951 to accept an appointment to the first House of Representatives (1947-52), following the resignation of Francis Huntly Griffith. He served as a member of Parliament until 1970, having been re-appointed by each successive government.[3] In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours he received the Commander of the British Empire, for his services to the Planters' Association of Ceylon.[4]

Singleton-Salmon was the president of the Ceylon Road Federation, a Life Member of the Ceylon Planters' Association, the Patron of Planters' Benevolent Fund; Chairman of British Ceylon Corporation Ltd. and Great Western Tea Company of Ceylon Ltd., Chairman of Planters' Association of Ceylon (1945-47), Chairman of Board of Tea Research Institute of Ceylon (1946), and Chairman of Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board (1950-51).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Hon. Singleton-Salmon, Robert, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "World Highways". 10-15. International Road Federation. 1959.
  3. ↑ Parliaments of Ceylon. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. 1960. p. 168.
  4. ↑ Ceylon: "No. 38932". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2817.
  5. ↑ Debrett, John (1969). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. p. 2960.
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