Governors of British Ceylon

Table columns:
#
Portrait
Name
Birth
Death
Governor From
Governor Until
Sovereign

Table rows:
cells: Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
Military Governors (1795–1798)
cells: 1
Patrick Alexander Agnew (in Trincomalee)
1765
1813
August 1795
1 March 1796
George III
cells: 2
James Stuart
1741
1815
1 March 1796
1 January 1797
George III
cells: 3
Welbore Ellis Doyle
1758
1797
1 January 1797
2 July 1797
George III
cells: 4
Peter Bonnevaux
c.1752
1797
2 July 1797
12 July 1797
George III
cells: 5
Pierre Frédéric de Meuron
1788
1813
12 July 1797
12 October 1798
George III
cells: Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798)
cells: 1
Robert Andrews
-
-
12 February 1796
12 October 1798
George III
cells: Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
Governors (1798–1948)
cells: 1
Frederick North
7 February 1766
14 October 1827
12 October 1798
19 July 1805
George III
cells: 2
Thomas Maitland
1759
1824
19 July 1805
19 March 1811
George III
cells: John Wilson
1780
1856
19 March 1811
11 March 1812
George III
cells: 3
Robert Brownrigg
1759
27 April 1833
11 March 1812
1 February 1820
George III
cells: Edward Barnes
1776
19 March 1838
1 February 1820
2 February 1822
George III George IV
cells: 4
Edward Paget
3 November 1775
13 May 1849
2 February 1822
6 November 1822
George IV
cells: James Campbell
-
-
6 November 1822
18 January 1824
George IV
cells: 5
Edward Barnes
1776
19 March 1838
18 January 1824
13 October 1831
George IV William IV
cells: John Wilson
1780
1856
13 October 1831
23 October 1831
William IV
cells: 6
Robert Wilmot-Horton
21 December 1784
31 May 1841
23 October 1831
7 November 1837
William IV Queen Victoria
cells: 7
James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
23 September 1784
24 September 1843
7 November 1837
15 April 1841
Queen Victoria
cells: 8
Colin Campbell
1776
13 June 1847
15 April 1841
19 April 1847
Queen Victoria
cells: James Emerson Tennent
7 April 1804
6 March 1869
19 April 1847
29 May 1847
Queen Victoria
cells: 9
The Viscount Torrington
9 September 1812
27 April 1884
29 May 1847
18 October 1850
Queen Victoria
cells: Charles Justin MacCarthy
1820
1864
18 October 1850
27 November 1850
Queen Victoria
cells: 10
George William Anderson
1791
12 March 1857
27 November 1850
18 January 1855
Queen Victoria
cells: Charles Justin MacCarthy
1820
1864
18 January 1855
11 May 1855
Queen Victoria
cells: 11
Henry George Ward
1797
1860
11 May 1855
30 June 1860
Queen Victoria
cells: Henry Frederick Lockyer
1797
1860
30 June 1860
30 July 1860
Queen Victoria
cells: Charles Edmund Wilkinson
1807
1870
30 July 1860
22 October 186
Queen Victoria
cells: 12
Charles Justin MacCarthy
1820
1864
22 October 1860
1 December 1863
Queen Victoria
cells: Terence O'Brien
-
-
1 December 1863
21 March 1865
Queen Victoria
cells: Hercules Robinson
19 December 1824
28 October 1897
21 March 1865
16 May 1865
Queen Victoria
cells: 13
Hercules Robinson
19 December 1824
28 October 1897
16 May 1865
4 January 1872
Queen Victoria
cells: Henry Turner Irving
1833
1923
4 January 1872
4 March 1872
Queen Victoria
cells: 14
William Henry Gregory
12 July 1817
6 March 1892
4 March 1872
4 September 1877
Queen Victoria
cells: 15
James Robert Longden
1827
9 October 1891
4 September 1877
10 July 1883
Queen Victoria
cells: John Douglas
1835
23 August 1885
10 July 1883
3 December 1883
Queen Victoria
cells: 16
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
26 November 1829
30 January 1912
3 December 1883
28 May 1890
Queen Victoria
cells: 17
Arthur Elibank Havelock
21 February 1844
25 June 1908
28 May 1890
24 October 1895
Queen Victoria
cells: Edward Noël Walker
1842
1908
24 October 1895
10 February 1896
Queen Victoria
cells: 18
Joseph West Ridgeway
16 May 1844
16 April 1930
10 February 1896
19 November 1903
Queen Victoria Edward VII
cells: Sir Everard im Thurn
1852
9 October 1932
19 November 1903
3 December 1903
Edward VII
cells: 19
Henry Arthur Blake
8 January 1840
13 February 1918
3 December 1903
11 July 1907
Edward VII
cells: Hugh Clifford
5 March 1866
18 December 1941
11 July 1907
24 August 1907
Edward VII
cells: 20
Henry Edward McCallum
28 October 1852
24 November 1919
24 August 1907
24 January 1913
Edward VII George V
cells: Reginald Edward Stubbs
13 October 1876
7 December 1947
24 January 1913
18 October 1913
George V
cells: 21
Robert Chalmers
18 August 1858
17 November 1938
4 December 1915
George V
cells: Reginald Edward Stubbs
13 October 1876
7 December 1947
4 December 1915
15 April 1916
George V
cells: 22
John Anderson
23 June 1858
24 March 1918
15 April 1916
24 March 1918
George V
cells: Reginald Edward Stubbs
13 October 1876
7 December 1947
24 March 1918
10 September 1918
George V
cells: 23
William Henry Manning
19 July 1863
1 January 1932
10 September 1918
1 April 1925
George V
cells: Cecil Clementi
1 September 1875
5 April 1947
1 April 1925
18 October 1925
George V
cells: Edward Bruce Alexander
1872
1955
18 October 1925
30 November 1925
George V
cells: 24
Hugh Clifford
5 March 1866
18 December 1941
30 November 1925
June 1927
George V
cells: Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
1878
1954
June 1927
20 August 1928
George V
cells: 25
Herbert Stanley
25 July 1872
5 June 1955
20 August 1928
11 February 1931
George V
cells: Bernard Henry Bourdillon
3 December 1883
6 February 1948
11 February 1931
11 April 1931
George V
cells: 26
Graeme Thomson
1875
1933
11 April 1931
20 September 1933
George V
cells: Graeme Tyrrell
1876
1964
20 September 1933
23 December 1933
George V
cells: 27
Reginald Edward Stubbs
13 October 1876
7 December 1947
23 December 1933
30 June 1937
George V Edward VIII George VI
cells: Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn
1883
1953
30 June 1937
16 October 1937
George VI
cells: 28
Andrew Caldecott
26 October 1884
14 July 1951
16 October 1937
19 September 1944
George VI
cells: 29
Henry Monck-Mason Moore
1887
1964
19 September 1944
4 February 1948
George VI

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the first british governor of sri lanka
answer: answerTexts: Patrick Alexander Agnew