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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 Council and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ceylon. The governor was the head of the British colonial administration in Ceylon, reporting to the Colonial Office.
The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972. [ 1 ]
He served as first British Governor of Ceylon from 1798 to 1805. North built his official residence, the Doric Bungalow, near the Mannar Sea according to his own plan; he himself used to supervise the pearl fishery, which at that time provided a substantial income for the British. [4] In 1817, he succeeded his elder brother as fifth Earl of ...
The Executive Council of Ceylon was the executive council created in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon in March 1833.
The first governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, was the son of British Prime Minister Frederick North (2nd Earl of Guilford). [2] The house was planned by the governor himself, the building was later known as 'The Doric' due to the architectural design of the columns which was similar to the Ancient Greek Doric order style.
The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. It follows the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom into the hands of the British Empire. [ 6 ] It ended over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy rule on the island. [ 7 ]
This process was stopped in the 1930s when the Native Department of the British government of Ceylon was closed down. [3] The members of this group formed a unique social group called the Sri Lankan Mudaliyars and associated with older Radala caste. [4] At present, the post of Court Mudliar remain in function in Sri Lankan courts.
These were the first conferred under Queen Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of Ceylon (1952–1972). Order of the British Empire. Knight Commander, (KBE) Civil Division. 1952 - Sir George Claude Stanley Corea, Ambassador for Ceylon in the United States of America. Commander, (CBE) Civil Division