Blake executive council of Ceylon

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Blake executive council of Ceylon

14th Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formed| 3 December 1903
Date dissolved| 11 July 1907
People and organisations
Head of state| Edward VII
Head of government| Henry Arthur Blake
No. of ministers| 6
Ministers removed| 4
Total no. of members| 10
History
Predecessor| Ridgeway executive council of Ceylon
Successor| McCallum executive council of Ceylon

The Blake executive council was the 14th executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry Arthur Blake.

## Executive council members

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| Henry Arthur Blake | Governor | 3 December 1903 | 11 July 1907 |
| Everard im Thurn | Colonial Secretary | 3 December 1903 | 1904 | Replaced by Alexander Murray Ashmore
| Alexander Murray Ashmore | 10 September 1904 | 7 December 1906 | Replaced by ?
| ? | 1906 | 11 July 1907 |
| Colonel A. F. C. Vincent | Commander of the Ceylon Volunteers Force | 3 December 1903 | 11 July 1907 |
| Alfred George Lascelles | Attorney General | 3 December 1903 | 11 July 1907 |
| F. R. Ellis | Auditor General | 3 December 1903 | 1 March 1907 | Replaced by Bernard Senior
| Bernard Senior | 1 March 1907 | 11 July 1907 | Served as Colonial Auditor
| Hardinge Hay Cameron | Treasurer | 3 December 1903 | 1904 | Replaced by H. C. Nicolle
| Hilgrove Clement Nicolle | 6 September 1904 | 11 July 1907 |

## See also

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* Cabinet of Sri Lanka

## References

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Government offices

Preceded by

Ridgeway executive council of Ceylon

|  Executive councils of Ceylonese
1903–1907  | Succeeded by

McCallum executive council of Ceylon

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Ceylonese executive councils (List)

* Wilmot-Horton
* Stewart-Mackenzie
* Campbell
* Torrington
* George William Anderson
* Ward
* MacCarthy
* Robinson
* Gregory
* Longden
* Hamilton-Gordon
* Havelock
* Ridgeway
* Blake
* McCallum
* Chalmers
* John Anderson
* Manning
* Clifford
* Stanley
* Thomson

Board of Ministers

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* II

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