Ward executive council of Ceylon
Appearance
Ward executive council of Ceylon | |
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![]() 6th Cabinet of British Ceylon | |
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Date formed | 11 May 1855 |
Date dissolved | 30 June 1860 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Queen Victoria |
Head of government | Henry George Ward |
No. of ministers | 6 |
Ministers removed | 2 |
Total no. of members | 8 |
History | |
Predecessor | George William Anderson executive council of Ceylon |
Successor | MacCarthy executive council of Ceylon |
The Ward executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry George Ward.
Executive council members
[edit]Portrait | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Henry George Ward | Governor | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | |
Charles Justin MacCarthy | Colonial Secretary | 11 May 1855 | 1860 | ||
Major general Thomas Reed | Commander of Troops | 11 May 1855 | ? | Replaced by Henry Frederick Lockyer | |
Major general Henry Frederick Lockyer | 1856 | 30 June 1860 | |||
Henry Collingwood Selby | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate |
11 May 1855 | 1858 | Replaced by Henry Byerley Thomson | |
Henry Byerley Thomson | 3 May 1858 | 30 June 1860 | |||
W. C. Gibson | Auditor General | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | ||
John Caulfield | Treasurer | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 |