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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 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)
Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1883–1948) Acting: 11 February 1931 ... Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) 19 September 1944 4 February 1948 3 years, 138 days
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 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 September 1956)
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 ...