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...
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Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1658) List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796) Governors of British Ceylon (1798–1948) Governor-General of Ceylon (1948–1972)...
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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...
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officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories...
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republic of Sri Lanka in 1972. There were four governors-general. Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore became the last governor of Ceylon and first governor-general...
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Edward Stubbs (category Governors of British Ceylon)
December 1947) was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong. He caused controversy while Governor of Ceylon over the Bracegirdle...
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dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a republic within...
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Bernard Henry Bourdillon (category Governors of British Ceylon)
of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, serving in this role until 1932 and twice acting as Governor of Ceylon. Whilst in Ceylon, he served as president of the...
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March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and British colonial governor. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Haddington from 1790 to...
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Robert Brownrigg (category Governors of British Ceylon)
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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