Financial Secretary of Ceylon

The Financial Secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices that held a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon from 1809 to 1932.[1] The post was replaced by the that of Financial Secretary in 1932, as one of three officers of state of the new Board of Ministers that replaced the Executive Council under recommendations of the Donoughmore Commission.[2][3] The Financial Secretary was in turn replaced by the new office of the Minister of Finance in 1947 under the recommendations of the Soulbury Commission under the Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 and The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947.[4]

Financial Secretary of Ceylon
Member ofthe Board of Ministers
AppointerGovernor of British Ceylon
Constituting instrumentDonoughmore Constitution
Formation1809
First holderRobert Boyd
(as Treasurer of Ceylon)
Final holderOliver Goonetilleke
Abolished1947
SuccessionMinister of Finance
DeputyDeputy Financial Secretary

Departments
  • General Treasury
  • Loan Board
  • Government Stores Department
  • Government Printing Office
  • Government Assessor
  • Income Tax Department
  • Customs

List of Financial Secretaries

Data based on:

  • John Ferguson, Ceylon in the "jubilee Year"., J. Haddon and Co.,1887[5]
  • Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, Plâté limited, 1924[6]
# Treasurer Took office Left office Appointed by
Treasurer of Ceylon (1809-1931)
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 184131 October 1843James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
9Francis James Templer †1 November 184322 October 1854Colin 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 18825 August 1886James Robert Longden
15George Thomas Michael O'Brien6 August 18861890Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
16Frederick Richard Saunders18 October 18901899Arthur Havelock
17Lionel Frederick Lee  †1 April 18994 December 1899Joseph West Ridgeway
18Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick23 February 19001901
19H. Hay Cameron11 June 19011904
20Hilgrove Clement Nicolle  †6 September 190411 December 1908Henry Arthur Blake
21Bernard Senior12 December 19081922Henry McCallum
22Wilfred Wentworth Woods22 February 19221931William Manning
Financial Secretary of Ceylon (1932-1947)
23Wilfred Wentworth Woods19321936Graeme Thomson
24Harold James Huxham19361946Edward Stubbs
25Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke19461947Henry Monck-Mason Moore

See also

References
  1. Wright, Arnold (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120613355. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. "1942 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory". Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. "Evolution of the Office of the Attorney General in Sri Lanka". attorneygeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. "1942 Ferguson's Ceylon Directory". Ferguson's Directory. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. Ferguson, John (1887). Ceylon in the "Jubilee Year". J. Haddon and Co. pp. 256-7.
  6. Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. Plâté limited. 1924. p. 103. Retrieved 27 April 2016.


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