Robert Singleton-Salmon

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

Hon.

Robert Singleton-Salmon

CBE
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Community (appointed member)
In office
1951–1970
Preceded byFrancis Huntly Griffith
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born(1897-10-24)24 October 1897
Barnamire, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died1970
NationalityBritish
RelationsFrederick (father)
Professiontea planter, politician

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 was appointed a Commander of the Order 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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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