Colonial Secretary of Ceylon

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Member of the Executive Council First holder Hugh Cleghorn		Formation 12 October 1798 Abolished 20th Century
Appointer Governor of British Ceylon

The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon.

List of Colonial Secretaries

Data based on:

John Ferguson, Ceylon in the "jubilee Year"., J. Haddon and Co.,1887

Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, Plâté limited, 1924

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