List of Ceylonese executive councils

This is a list of Ceylonese executive councils from its inception on 13 March 1833 until the creation of the Board of Ministers in 1931.

The Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the legislative body.

At its creation the Executive Council was headed by the Governor, along with five members appointed by the Governor. These five members were officials who held the posts of the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Auditor-General, the Treasurer and the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. The Council exercised executive power and advised the governor. As a result of the First Manning Reforms three non-officials were elected to the executive council.

Robert Wilmot-Horton
James Emerson Tennent
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
Reginald Edward Stubbs
Andrew Caldecott

Executive Councils
Date Monarch Head of Government Executive Council
1833William IV
(1833-1837)
Queen Victoria
(1837-1837)		Robert Wilmot-HortonWilmot-Horton executive council of Ceylon
1837Queen VictoriaJames Alexander Stewart-MackenzieStewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon
1841Colin CampbellCampbell executive council of Ceylon
1847Viscount TorringtonTorrington executive council of Ceylon
1850George William AndersonGeorge William Anderson executive council of Ceylon
1855Henry George WardWard executive council of Ceylon
1860Charles Justin MacCarthyMacCarthy executive council of Ceylon
1865Hercules RobinsonRobinson executive council of Ceylon
1872William Henry GregoryGregory executive council of Ceylon
1877James Robert LongdenLongden executive council of Ceylon
1883Arthur Hamilton-GordonHamilton-Gordon executive council of Ceylon
1890Arthur HavelockHavelock executive council of Ceylon
1896Queen Victoria
(1896-1901)
Edward VII
(1901-1903)		West RidgewayRidgeway executive council of Ceylon
1903Edward VIIHenry Arthur BlakeBlake executive council of Ceylon
1907Edward VII
(1907-1910)
George V
(1910-1913)		Henry Edward McCallumMcCallum executive council of Ceylon
1913George VRobert ChalmersChalmers executive council of Ceylon
1916John AndersonJohn Anderson executive council of Ceylon
1918William ManningManning executive council of Ceylon
1925Hugh CliffordClifford executive council of Ceylon
1928Herbert StanleyStanley executive council of Ceylon
1931Graeme ThomsonThomson executive council of Ceylon
Board of Ministers of Ceylon (1931-1947)
1931George VFirst Board of Ministers of Ceylon
1936Edward VIII
(1936)
George VI		Guy Stanley Wodeman (1940–42)
Robert Drayton (1942-?)		Second Board of Ministers of Ceylon

Dissolution

With enactment of the new constitution of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1947 the Board of Ministers was replaced by a National Cabinet.

See also

References
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