Ward executive council of Ceylon

Ward executive council of Ceylon
6th Cabinet of British Ceylon
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

Portrait	Member of Council	Office	Took office	Left office	Notes
	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

See also

• Cabinet of Sri Lanka