Treasurer of Ceylon

Treasurer of Ceylon
Member of the Executive Council
Appointer Governor of British Ceylon
Formation 1809
First holder Robert Boyd
Abolished 20th Century
Succession Minister of Finance

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

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
17L. F. Lee1 April 18991899Joseph West Ridgeway
18Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick5 December 18991901
19H. H. 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. "Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon". Asian Educational Services. 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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