Simon Casie Chetty
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Mudaliyar Simon Casie Chetty MLC CCS |
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| சைமன் காசிச் செட்டி | |
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| Unofficial Member (Tamil), Legislative Council of Ceylon |
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In office 1838–1845 |
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| Preceded by | A. Coomaraswamy |
| Succeeded by | V. Edirmannasingham |
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21 March 1807 Kalpity, Ceylon |
| Died | 5 November 1860 (aged 53) Kalpity, Ceylon |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Ethnicity | Ceylon Chetty |
Simon Casie Chetty (Tamil: சைமன் காசிச் செட்டி, translit. Caimaṉ Kācic Ceṭṭi; 21 March 1807 – 5 November 1860) was a Ceylonese civil servant, author and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Casie Chetty was born on 21 March 1807 in Kalpity in north-western Ceylon. He was the son of Gabriel Casie Chetty, Mudaliyar of Kalpity, and Marie de Rosairo. He belonged to Ceylon's small Chetty community, descendants of Tamils from Tirunelveli district in India who migrated to Ceylon during Portuguese rule and converted to Catholicism. Gabriel's father Adrian converted to Protestantism during Dutch rule and was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Simon Casie Chetty was baptised as an Anglican in Colombo. He was educated at a Tamil school in Kalpity and in Colombo. As well as Tamil, he was proficient in English, Sinhalese, Sanskrit, Hebrew and Arabic. He also had knowledge of Portuguese, Dutch, Latin and Greek.
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