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Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore GCMG KStJ (18 March 1887 [1] – 26 March 1964) [2] was a British colonial administrator of British Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ceylon. Biography
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore became the last governor of Ceylon and first governor-general when the Ceylon Order in Council, the first constitution of independent Ceylon came into effect. He was followed by Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury , thereafter by Sir Oliver Goonetilleke the first Ceylonese to be appointed to the post.
Sir Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) Acting: ... Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) 19 September 1944 4 February 1948 3 years, 138 days George VI: See also.
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) 27 Sep 1930 13 Feb 1931 Governor; 21 Sir Joseph Byrne (1874–1942) 13 Feb 1931 22 Dec 1936 22 Sir Armigel Wade (1880–1966)
The First Cabinet of Ministers of Ceylon in 1947, headed by Rt Hon D.S. Senanayake as first Prime Minister of Ceylon. Also in the picture Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore the Governor of Ceylon, and the Chief Justice.
Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson (23 May 1931 – 17 July 1934) Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (17 July 1934 – 21 May 1937) Sir Douglas James Jardine (21 May 1937 – 5 July 1941) Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson (5 July 1941 – September 1947) Sir George Beresford-Stooke (September 1947 – December 1952) Sir Robert de Zouche Hall (December 1952 – 1 ...
On 4 February 1948, Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore, the last colonial governor, was sworn in as the first governor-general of Ceylon at a solemn but brief ceremony at Queen's House, Colombo. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Instruments of independence were officially handed over by the British to Prime Minister Don Stephen Senanayake , who had been voted in by the ...
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore [146] Governor of Kenya 4 August 1943 Sir Ernest Clark [147] Governor of Tasmania 1 January 1944 Sir George Henry Gater [148] Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office 8 June 1944 Sir Eric Teichman [149] Former Chinese Adviser to the British Embassy at Chungking 22 August 1944 Major-General Sir Winston ...