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With Ceylon gaining self-rule and dominion status with the creation of Dominion of Ceylon in 1948, this office was replaced by the Governor-General, who represented the British monarch as the head of state. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1972 and replaced by the post of President when Sri Lanka became a republic.
Later he was appointed Governor of British Ceylon (1907-1912), Governor of the Gold Coast, 1912–1919, Nigeria, 1919–1925, and Ceylon, 1925–1927. [2] During his service in Malaya and afterwards he wrote numerous stories, reflections and novels primarily about Malayan life, many of them imbued with an ambivalent nostalgia.
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 ]
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG FZS JP (Chinese: 司徒拔; 13 October 1876 – 7 December 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of four British territories during his career, including Hong Kong and Ceylon.
In order to accommodate the increase in the number of members of the legislature from 50 to over 100, he remodelled the interior of the Ceylon State Council building based on the plan of the British House of Commons. [4] [5] Collins served as President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Ceylon (1942–1948). [6] He retired in 1948. [1]
In 1935, Caldecott was appointed governor of Hong Kong. [14] [15] His tenure was the shortest in Hong Kong colonial history, for he was appointed the second last Governor of Ceylon a little more than a year later to handle the threat to the British administration caused by the overwhelming national liberation movement in Ceylon.
List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796) British Ceylon. Governors of British Ceylon (1798–1948) ... This page was last edited on 7 June 2023, ...
Sir Charles Justin MacCarthy (1811–1864) [1] was the 12th Governor of British Ceylon and the 12th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue. He was appointed on 22 October 1860 and was Governor until 1 December 1863. He also served as acting governor on two separate occasions. He was first appointed in 1850. [2] [3]