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which first defined the role of the governor as "the representative of the
Sovereign the Monarch who rules over the Parliament of the United Kingdom". These reforms introduced the first legislator which was expanded over the next century in the reforms that took place. Upon independence in 1948, the
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and enjoyed precedence over all other government officials in Ceylon. He was referred to as 'His
Excellency' and addressed as 'Your Excellency'. This practice as constituted to the office of President.
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The governor was the head of the executive administration in the island. Initially limited to the coastal regions, the authority of the governor was extended to the provinces of the
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in 1815. The governor had absolute power in the island deriving it from the traditional powers of the Dutch governors and the king of Kandy and reporting to the
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was maintained by the office of the governor to provide a ceremonial guard on special occasions such as the
Maldivian Tribute or royal visits.
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office of the
Governor was abolished and replaced with that of the Governor-General as the representative of the sovereign.
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that functioned as a ceremonial guard for the governor when attending state functions. An ceremonial native regiment of
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was established with the
Governor chairing both these councils. In 1931, the Legislative Council was replaced by the
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as the head of state. The office of
Governor-General was itself abolished in 1972 and replaced by the post of
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The governor's office was housed at King's House and had a permanent staff. It consisted of the
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193:. The governor was the head of the British colonial administration in Ceylon, reporting to the
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CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, Ministry
Constitutional Change and National Integration
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Senior
British representatives in the neighbouring Malayan protected states
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Governors, civil commissioners and administrators of
British dependencies
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With Ceylon gaining self-rule and dominion status with the creation of
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from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the
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of
British Forces in Ceylon, except only during World War II, when
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Senior British representatives in the constituent protected states
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The title of the position was "Governor of Ceylon" and was styled
240:), maintained executive power in Ceylon throughout British rule.
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Senior British representatives in neighbouring protected states
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Governor of Tristan da Cunha (Administrator of Tristan da Cunha)
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Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sri Lanka
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Lists of British colonial governors and administrators
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In November each year, the governor would receive the
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Evolution of Constitutional Governance in Sri Lanka.
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Governor of Rhode-island and Providence Plantations
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Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory
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4314:Governor of Ascension (Administrator of Ascension)
4655:Governor of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
371:The governor's main residence and office was the
4897:High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan
4770:High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States
4324:Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory
4665:Governor-General of the West Indies Federation
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3398:
2960:
387:. The vacationing residence of the governor,
8:
5091:Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony
3883:Board of Commissioners of Currency of Ceylon
4781:General Adviser to the Government of Johore
4493:Governors of British South African colonies
286:with power exceeding that of the governor.
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296:annual tribute from the sultan of Maldives
52:
5024:High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
4660:Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands
4575:Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo
3370:, *Resident and Superintendent, **became
204:in 1948, this office was replaced by the
5049:Government Resident of Central Australia
4819:Heads of the provinces of British India
4386:Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
4110:Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon
456:
4952:High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
4912:Governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak
2930:
692:Resident and Superintendent (1796–1798)
5059:Government Resident of North Australia
4426:Lieutenant Governor of Griqualand West
4273:Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
4165:Ceylonese recipients of British titles
29:
4815:Viceroy and Governor-General of India
4791:Adviser to the Government of Kelantan
4488:High Commissioner for Southern Africa
4364:Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands
391:, was located in the hill station of
333:Following the Colebrooke Reforms the
7:
5138:Lists of office-holders in Sri Lanka
5009:Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
4922:Representative in the Trucial States
4907:Representative in the Raj of Sarawak
4796:Adviser to the Government of Perlis
4203:
258:secretary of state for the colonies
238:secretary of state for the colonies
3807:General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
3734:General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
25:
4947:Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland
4872:Representative in Muscat and Oman
1157:James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
5106:
5105:
4645:Governor of Prince Edward Island
4483:Governor-General of South Africa
4344:Governor of the Falkland Islands
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4192:
4183:
4182:
3521:Sri Lankan independence movement
2815:
2731:
2584:
2550:Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
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1977:
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379:and secondary residence was the
38:
5014:Governor of the Solomon Islands
5004:Governor-General of New Zealand
4605:Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
4590:Governor of the Leeward Islands
4268:Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
4170:Military awards and decorations
4135:Bible translations into Sinhala
4056:Sinhala words of English origin
228:The governor, appointed by the
68:18 January 1824–13 October 1831
66:1 February 1820–2 February 1822
4786:Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah
4610:Lieutenant governors of Tobago
4550:Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice
4543:Lieutenant Governor of Grenada
4498:Governor of British Somaliland
4339:Governor of the Cayman Islands
4334:Governor of the Virgin Islands
500:Military Governors (1795–1798)
460:
345:with limited self-government.
1:
5084:Governor of Western Australia
5044:Governor-General of Australia
4957:Governor of the Isle of Wight
4882:Governor of the Malayan Union
4695:Governor of Massachusetts-Bay
4650:Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
4456:Governor of Southern Rhodesia
4446:Governor of Northern Rhodesia
4411:Governor of British Cameroons
4406:Governor of British Mauritius
4278:Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
4091:Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
3626:Legislative Council of Ceylon
3581:Colebrooke–Cameron Commission
990:
629:
339:Legislative Council of Ceylon
329:Legislative Council of Ceylon
102:Monarch of the United Kingdom
4979:Governor of Northern Ireland
4877:High Commissioner for Malaya
4630:Governor of British Columbia
4560:Governor of British Honduras
2873:3 years, 138 days
2839:6 years, 339 days
2755:3 years, 189 days
2679:2 years, 162 days
2608:2 years, 175 days
2409:6 years, 203 days
2162:5 years, 153 days
2081:3 years, 220 days
2001:7 years, 282 days
1925:5 years, 149 days
1886:6 years, 176 days
1805:5 years, 309 days
1766:5 years, 184 days
1690:6 years, 233 days
1292:3 years, 142 days
1172:3 years, 159 days
1049:7 years, 268 days
881:7 years, 327 days
805:5 years, 243 days
766:6 years, 280 days
720:2 years, 242 days
5133:Governors of British Ceylon
5069:Governor of South Australia
5054:Governor of New South Wales
4962:Civil Commissioner of Malta
4125:Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya
3797:British Military in Ceylon
2781:Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn
2569:1 year, 2 months
2527:1 year, 6 months
2328:1 year, 343 days
2247:2 years, 47 days
1609:1 year, 110 days
1567:3 years, 40 days
1449:5 years, 50 days
1368:4 years, 52 days
1129:6 years, 15 days
335:Executive Council of Ceylon
325:Executive Council of Ceylon
5159:
4892:Resident Minister in Nepal
4862:High Commissioner for Iraq
4730:Governor of South-Carolina
4715:Governor of North-Carolina
4625:Governor General of Canada
4555:Governor of British Guiana
4473:Governor of the Seychelles
3801:Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon
3499:Great Rebellion of 1817–18
3373:Governor-General of Ceylon
2898:Governor-General of Ceylon
1211:6 years, 4 days
1010:1 year, 73 days
679:1 year, 92 days
322:
284:Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon
173:was the representative in
162:Governor-General of Ceylon
44:Flag of Governor of Ceylon
18:Governor of British Ceylon
5103:
4700:Governor of New Hampshire
4635:Governor of New Brunswick
4284:
4178:
3433:
3365:
2893:Dutch governors of Zeylan
923:2 years, 1 day
731:
690:
664:Pierre Frédéric de Meuron
498:
480:
477:
474:
467:
464:
459:
425:secretary to the governor
49:
37:
4887:Governor of North Borneo
4720:Governor of Pennsylvania
4620:Governor of Newfoundland
4478:Governor of Sierra Leone
4436:Governor of Lagos Colony
4376:Governor of Saint Helena
4160:Maldivian Annual Tribute
3935:Indian Ocean slave trade
3840:Ceylon National Congress
3591:Donoughmore Constitution
2626:Bernard Henry Bourdillon
1552:Charles Justin MacCarthy
1509:Charles Edmund Wilkinson
1391:Charles Justin MacCarthy
1315:Charles Justin MacCarthy
216:when Sri Lanka became a
191:British Forces in Ceylon
4670:Governor of Connecticut
4640:Governor of Nova-Scotia
4600:Governor of St. Vincent
4533:Governor of the Bahamas
4120:The Pentecostal Mission
4096:American Ceylon Mission
4051:Sri Lankan Creole Malay
3631:State Council of Ceylon
3556:South East Asia Command
2858:Henry Monck-Mason Moore
1910:Arthur Elibank Havelock
1472:Henry Frederick Lockyer
1353:George William Anderson
1277:The Viscount Torrington
513:Patrick Alexander Agnew
343:State Council of Ceylon
298:. The governor was the
144:Henry Monck-Mason Moore
130:Patrick Alexander Agnew
5064:Governor of Queensland
4705:Governor of New-Jersey
4503:Governor of Tanganyika
4421:Governor of Gold Coast
4416:Governor of the Gambia
4354:Governor of Montserrat
4291:
3850:Sri Lankan nationalism
3586:Donoughmore Commission
3546:Ceylon in World War II
2740:Reginald Edward Stubbs
2469:Edward Bruce Alexander
2351:Reginald Edward Stubbs
2270:Reginald Edward Stubbs
2189:Reginald Edward Stubbs
1871:Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
232:(on the advice of the
208:, who represented the
27:Colonial administrator
4917:Governor of Singapore
4810:Governor of Hong Kong
4595:Governor of St. Lucia
4451:Governor of Nyasaland
4349:Governor of Gibraltar
4290:
4115:Lanka Lutheran Church
3865:Jaffna Youth Congress
3845:Native headmen system
3603:Soulbury Constitution
3531:1906 malaria outbreak
3420:British Ceylon period
2394:William Henry Manning
2147:Henry Edward McCallum
1751:William Henry Gregory
1234:James Emerson Tennent
733:Governors (1798–1948)
313:Royal College Colombo
268:The governor was the
5079:Governor of Victoria
5074:Governor of Tasmania
4735:Governor of Virginia
4710:Governor of New-York
4690:Governor of Maryland
4675:Governor of Delaware
4615:Governor of Trinidad
4570:Governor of Dominica
4538:Governor of Barbados
4513:Resident in Zanzibar
4359:Governor of Pitcairn
4309:Governor of Anguilla
3786:Ceylon Defence Force
3692:Ceylon Civil Service
3551:Cocos Islands mutiny
3536:1915 Ceylonese riots
2903:History of Sri Lanka
2023:Sir Everard im Thurn
1986:Joseph West Ridgeway
1790:James Robert Longden
1114:Robert Wilmot-Horton
405:Governor's Bodyguard
309:University of Ceylon
244:Powers and functions
134:as Military Governor
4974:Governor of Minorca
4853:Resident of Gwalior
4685:Governor of Georgia
4680:Governor of Florida
4585:Governor of Jamaica
4580:Governor of Grenada
4468:Governor of Senegal
4463:Governor of Nigeria
4319:Governor of Bermuda
4101:Batticotta Seminary
3768:Financial Secretary
3598:Soulbury Commission
3541:Suriya-Mal Movement
3526:Temperance movement
2915:Governors of Ceylon
1708:Henry Turner Irving
589:Welbore Ellis Doyle
443:and support staff.
4942:Governor of Cyprus
4902:Governor of Penang
4867:Governor of Labuan
4838:Governor of Madras
4833:Governor of Bombay
4828:Governor of Bengal
4801:Adviser, Trengganu
4765:Governor of Ceylon
4508:Governor of Uganda
4292:
4046:Sri Lankan English
3835:Kandyan Convention
3743:Board of Ministers
3714:Colonial Secretary
3516:Kandyan Convention
3504:Kandyan Convention
3489:Invasion of Ceylon
2991:Military Governors
2867:19 September 1944
2836:19 September 1944
2710:20 September 1933
2676:20 September 1933
2403:10 September 1918
2367:10 September 1918
2066:Henry Arthur Blake
1943:Edward Noël Walker
311:and patron of the
270:commander-in-chief
262:Colebrooke Reforms
254:Kandyan Convention
202:Dominion of Ceylon
187:Commander-in-Chief
171:governor of Ceylon
112:Governor of Ceylon
33:Governor of Ceylon
5120:
5119:
5099:
5098:
4967:Governor of Malta
4843:Governor of Sindh
4760:Governor of Burma
4431:Governor of Kenya
4216:
4215:
4143:
4142:
4084:Bishop of Colombo
3968:British buildings
3818:
3817:
3699:Executive Council
3671:Solicitor General
3380:
3379:
3099:Stewart-Mackenzie
2884:
2883:
2749:23 December 1933
2713:23 December 1933
2639:11 February 1931
2605:11 February 1931
2521:30 November 1925
2485:30 November 1925
2036:19 November 1903
1998:19 November 1903
1995:10 February 1896
1959:10 February 1896
1799:4 September 1877
1763:4 September 1877
1675:Hercules Robinson
1632:Hercules Robinson
1434:Henry George Ward
1362:27 November 1850
1331:27 November 1850
714:12 February 1796
447:List of governors
429:private secretary
183:Executive Council
167:
166:
135:
16:(Redirected from
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5109:
5108:
5030:
4999:Governor of Fiji
4823:Governor of Aden
4755:Governor of Aden
4565:Governor of Cuba
4243:
4236:
4229:
4220:
4206:
4205:
4196:
4186:
4185:
4079:Church of Ceylon
3953:
3855:Women's suffrage
3830:Treaty of Amiens
3724:Colonial Auditor
3719:Attorney General
3687:Governor-General
3666:Attorney General
3571:
3511:Matale Rebellion
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