Maurice John Cary JP UPM (1871 – 12 August 1938) was an appointed member of the 1st and 2nd State Councils of Ceylon.[1][2]
Maurice John Cary was born in London in 1871, the son of George Goldney Cary, a barrister at law.[3]
Cary migrated to Ceylon in 1896 where he served as the manager of the Colombo Commercial Company Ltd. He was a director of the Colombo YMCA between 1929 and 1930, and was the chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce between 1929 and 1931.[4][5]
Cary married Emily Winifred Thomas on 30 October 1900 at the Isle of Wight.[6]
He was appointed one of the European members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon in 1931[7] and subsequently in 1936 was re-appointed to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon.[8]
He died in Edgbaston, Birmingham, in 1938.[9]