Ward executive council of Ceylon

The Ward executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry George Ward.

Ward executive council of Ceylon

6th Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formed11 May 1855
Date dissolved30 June 1860
People and organisations
Head of stateQueen Victoria
Head of governmentHenry George Ward
No. of ministers6
Ministers removed2
Total no. of members8
History
PredecessorGeorge William Anderson executive council of Ceylon
SuccessorMacCarthy executive council of Ceylon

Executive council members
Portrait Member of Council Office Took office Left office Notes
Henry George WardGovernor11 May 185530 June 1860
Charles Justin MacCarthyColonial Secretary11 May 18551860
Major general Thomas ReedCommander of Troops11 May 1855 ?Replaced by Henry Frederick Lockyer
Major general Henry Frederick Lockyer185630 June 1860
Henry Collingwood SelbyAttorney General
as Queen's Advocate		11 May 18551858Replaced by Henry Byerley Thomson
Henry Byerley Thomson3 May 185830 June 1860
W. C. GibsonAuditor General11 May 185530 June 1860
John CaulfieldTreasurer11 May 185530 June 1860

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