Longden executive council of Ceylon

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Longden executive council of Ceylon

10th Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formed| 4 September 1877
Date dissolved| 10 July 1883
People and organisations
Head of state| Queen Victoria
Head of government| James Robert Longden
No. of ministers| 6
Ministers removed| 4
Total no. of members| 10
History
Predecessor| Gregory executive council of Ceylon
Successor| Hamilton-Gordon executive council of Ceylon

The Longden executive council was 10th executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor James Robert Longden.

## Executive council members

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| James Robert Longden | Governor | 4 September 1877 | 10 July 1883 |
| Arthur Birch | Colonial Secretary | 4 September 1877 | 1878 | Replaced by John Douglas
| John Douglas | 18 August 1878 | 10 July 1883 |
| Major general John Alfred Street | Commander of Troops | 4 September 1877 | ? | Replaced by William Wilby
| Major general William Wilby | 1879 | 10 July 1883 |
| Richard Cayley | Attorney General
as Queen's Advocate | 4 September 1877 | 1879 | Replaced by Bruce Burnside
| Bruce Burnside | 24 October 1879 | 1883 |
| W. H. Ravenscroft | Auditor General | 4 September 1877 | 10 July 1883 |
| George Vane | Treasurer | 4 September 1877 | 1882 | Replaced by William D. Wright
| William Dumaresq Wright | 22 June 1882 | 10 July 1883 |

## See also

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* Cabinet of Sri Lanka

## References

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Government offices

Preceded by

Gregory executive council of Ceylon

|  Executive councils of Ceylonese
1877–1883  | Succeeded by

Hamilton-Gordon 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

Cabinet of Sri Lanka
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