Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
One of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon
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The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon.
List of Colonial Secretaries
Data based on:
- John Ferguson, Ceylon in the "jubilee Year"., J. Haddon and Co.,1887
- Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, Plâté limited, 1924
| # | Colonial Secretary | Took office | Left office | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugh Cleghorn | 12 October 1798 | 1800 | Frederick North |
| - | William Boyd | January 1800 | 1801 | |
| 2 | Robert Arbuthnot | 10 September 1801 | 1806 | |
| 3 | John Rodney | 3 September 1806 | 1833 | Thomas Maitland |
| 4 | Philip Anstruther | 1 May 1833 | 1845 | Robert Wilmot-Horton |
| 5 | James Emerson Tennent | 29 November 1845 | 1851 | Colin Campbell |
| 6 | Charles Justin MacCarthy | 2 January 1851 | 1860 | George Byng |
| 7 | W. C. Gibson | 10 August 1860 | 1869 | Charles Edmund Wilkinson |
| 8 | Henry Turner Irving | 4 June 1869 | 1873 | Hercules Robinson |
| 10 | Arthur Birch | 3 June 1873 | 1878 | William Henry Gregory |
| 11 | John Douglas | 18 August 1878 | 1885 | James Robert Longden |
| 12 | Cecil Clementi Smith | 17 November 1885 | 1887 | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
| 13 | Edward Noël Walker | 10 November 1887 | 1901 | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
| 14 | Everard im Thurn | 18 June 1901 | 1904 | Joseph West Ridgeway |
| 15 | Alexander Murray Ashmore | 10 September 1904 | 7 December 1906 | Henry Arthur Blake |
| Hugh Clifford | 3 May 1907 | |||
| - | Leonard William Booth | 1911 | Henry McCallum | |
| Reginald Edward Stubbs | 1913 | 1919 | Reginald Edward Stubbs | |
| Cecil Clementi | 1922 | 1925 | William Manning | |
| Bernard Henry Bourdillon | 1929 | 1932 | Herbert Stanley |