Anthony Bertolacci


Anthony Bertolacci was the sixth Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon.
A Corsican, he left Corsica with his British employers when they evacuated the island in 1796 after a short military occupation. Around 1799 he followed his patron, the Frederick [North, 5th Earl of Guilford|Hon. Frederick North], to Ceylon as his secretary, but soon became firstly Postmaster-General and later Comptroller-General of Customs.
He became acting Civil Auditor General on 30 January 1811, succeeding Richard Plasket, and held the office until 1 September 1814, when he was succeeded by John [D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy|John D'Oyly].