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The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. ... This page was last edited on 28 December 2024, at 00:13 (UTC).
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.
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 a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.
The school has many notable alumni (a.k.a. Rajans) ... Kandy), and was the first President of Sri Lanka and the last Governor-General of Ceylon. ...
William Gopallawa MBE (Sinhala: විලියම් ගොපල්ලව, Tamil: வில்லியம் கோப்பல்லாவ; 17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka.
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.
Pages in category "Governors of British Ceylon" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... This page was last edited on 13 January 2024, at 11: ...
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 ...