Stewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon
Appearance
Stewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon | |
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2nd Cabinet of British Ceylon | |
Date formed | 7 November 1837 |
Date dissolved | 15 April 1841 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Queen Victoria |
Head of government | James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie |
No. of ministers | 6 |
Ministers removed | 4 |
Total no. of members | 10 |
History | |
Predecessor | Wilmot-Horton executive council of Ceylon |
Successor | Campbell executive council of Ceylon |
The Stewart-Mackenzie executive council was 2nd executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie.
Executive council members
[edit]Portrait | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie | Governor | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | ||
Philip Anstruther | Colonial Secretary | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | ||
Major general Robert Arbuthnot | Commander of Troops | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | ||
William Ogle Carr | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate |
7 November 1837 | 1838 | Served as King's Advocate Replaced by John Stark | |
John Stark | 10 December 1838 | 1840 | Replaced by Arthur William Buller | ||
Arthur William Buller | 17 October 1840 | 15 April 1841 | |||
Henry Augustus Marshall | Auditor General | 7 November 1837 | 1 February 1841 | Served as Civil Auditor General | |
Henry Wright | 1 February 1841 | 15 April 1841 | |||
William Granville | Treasurer | 7 November 1837 | 1841 | Replaced by George Turnour | |
George Turnour | 1 February 1841 | 15 April 1841 |