Treasurer of Ceylon

The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon.[1]

Treasurer of Ceylon
Member ofthe Executive Council
AppointerGovernor of British Ceylon
Formation1809
First holderRobert Boyd
Abolished20th Century
SuccessionMinister of Finance

List of Treasurers

Data based on:

  • John Ferguson, Ceylon in the "jubilee Year"., J. Haddon and Co.,1887[2]
  • Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, Plâté limited, 1924[3]
# Treasurer Took office Left office Appointed by
1Robert Boyd18091812Thomas Maitland
2John William Carrington18121816Robert Brownrigg
3Thomas Eden18161822
4John Drave18221823Edward Paget
5William Granville18231824James Campbell
6John William Carrington18241828Edward Barnes
7William Granville1 May 18281841
8George Turnour1 February 18411843James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
9Francis James Templer1 November 1843Colin Campbell
10Dillon Browne1848George Byng
11John Caulfield23 October 18541861George William Anderson
12Frederick Saunders5 May 18611865Charles Justin MacCarthy
13George Vane1 September 18651882Hercules Robinson
14William Dumaresq Wright22 June 18821886James Robert Longden
15George Thomas Michael O'Brien6 August 18861890Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
16Frederick Richard Saunders18 October 18901899Arthur Havelock
17 †Lionel Frederick Lee1 April 18994 December 1899Joseph West Ridgeway
18Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick23 February 19001901
19H. Hay Cameron11 June 19011904
20H. C. Nicolle6 September 19041908Henry Arthur Blake
21Bernard Senior12 December 19081922Henry McCallum
22Wilfred Wentworth Woods22 February 1922William Manning

See also

References
  1. Wright, Arnold (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120613355. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. Ferguson, John (1887). Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year". J. Haddon and Co. pp. 256-7.
  3. Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. Plâté limited. 1924. p. 103. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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