Frederick Price (civil servant)

Sir John Frederick Price KCSI (3 October 1839 – 12 June 1927) was an Indian civil servant and translator who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council.

Price was born to John Price on October 3, 1839. He had his education at Melbourne University and qualified for the Indian civil service.

Price joined the Indian civil service in 1862 and served till 1897. He also served as Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1893 New Year Honours, and upgraded to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1898 New Year Honours.

• Pillai, Ananda Ranga; Translated by Sir J. Frederick Price, K. Rangachari (1904). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume I. Madras: Government Press. 
• Pillai, Ananda Ranga; Translated by Sir J. Frederick Price, K. Rangachari (1907). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume II. Madras: Government Press.