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Frederick Henry Grinlinton CMG FRGS FRMetS (27 March 1853 – 11 March 1938) was a British engineer who was the 11th Surveyor General of Ceylon. He entered the Ceylon Survey Department in 1870. He was appointed in 1896, succeeding David G. Mantell, and held the office until 1904. He was succeeded by Philip David Warren.

After retiring in 1904, he traveled to the Federated Malay States to advise on the creation of a Malay surveying department.

He was the son of Sir John Grinlinton.

References

1. ^ Who's Who. A. & C. Black. 1910. p. 809. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
2. "Deaths". The Times. 14 March 1938. p. 1.
3. "History". Survey Department of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

External links

• Frederick Grinlinton at Find a Grave

• Surveyors General of Ceylon
• 19th-century English engineers
• 20th-century English engineers
• 1853 births
• 1938 deaths
• Fellows of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society