Governor of Ceylon information

(1518–1551) List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon (1551–1594) List of governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1658) List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796)...

The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive...

The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as...

Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...

Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies...

Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...

between the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Ceylon, for the deposition of King Sri Vikrama...

headed by governors, as representatives of the president. Prior to 1948, in Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka), the governor of Ceylon was the head of the British...

Aruba (1756–1768) Dutch Ceylon – Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon (1757–1762) Dutch East Indies – Jacob Mossel, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies...

Silveiro Pinto, Governor of Macau (1837–1843) Bahamas – John Gregory, Governor of the Bahamas (1849–1854) Ceylon – George Byng, Governor of Ceylon (1847–1850)...

the Cayman Islands (1776–1823) Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805) Madras – Edward Clive, Governor of Madras (1798–1803) Malta Protectorate...

1947) was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong. He caused controversy while Governor of Ceylon over the Bracegirdle Incident...

only under orders from the Governor. The origins of the Ceylon Defence Force can be traced back to the formation of the Ceylon Volunteers in 1881, whereby...

War, the appointment of General Thomas Maitland as governor of Ceylon in 1805 is generally accepted as the end of this first phase of open hostilities. Events...

was appointed Governor of Ceylon. In 1815, he acquired the Kingdom of Kandy through an agreement with the help of defecting ministers of the Kandyan King...

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The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the...

the acting Solicitor General of Ceylon, as well as the private secretary and extra aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceylon. Bawa's parents were Ahamadu...

sixth Earl, was an Admiral and Member of Parliament. His son James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie was Governor of Ceylon. His grandson was James Stewart-Mackenzie...

use of the Mudaliyar title. The British use differed slightly in that they re-established a Mudaliyar class, at the behest of the Governor of Ceylon, with...

was represented in Ceylon by a Governor-General. Ceylon became a republic under the Constitution of 1972, and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced...

colony of Ceylon in the absence of the governor of Ceylon and the chief secretary of the colony; discharging the duties of Acting Governor of Ceylon. Following...

Senate consisted of 30 members, 15 of whom were elected by the House of Representatives and 15 nominated by the Governor-General of Ceylon. The Senate was...