Manning executive council of Ceylon

British colonial governing body of Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka)

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Manning executive council of Ceylon

18th Cabinet of British Ceylon
Date formed| 10 September 1918
Date dissolved| 1 April 1925
People and organisations
Head of state| George V
Head of government| William Manning
No. of ministers| 6
Ministers removed| 7
Total no. of members| 13
History
Predecessor| John Anderson executive council of Ceylon
Successor| Clifford executive council of Ceylon

The Manning executive council was the 18th executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor William Manning.

## Executive council members

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Portrait  | Member of Council  | Office  | Took office  | Left office  | Notes

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| William Manning | Governor | 10 September 1918 | 1 April 1925 |
| Reginald Edward Stubbs | Colonial Secretary | 10 September 1918 | 1919 |
| Cecil Clementi | 1922 | 1925 |
| Brigadier general R. B. Fell | Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force | 10 September 1918 | 31 December 1919 | Replaced by Thomas Howard Chapman
| Lieutenant colonel Thomas Howard Chapman | 1 January 1920 | 21 July 1920 | Acting, Replaced by F. M. G. Rowley
| Brigadier general F. M. G. Rowley | 22 July 1920 | 1 April 1925 |
| Anton Bertram | Attorney General | 10 September 1918 | 1918 | Replaced by Henry Gollan
| Henry Gollan | 15 October 1918 | 1924 | Replaced by Lancelot Henry Elphinstone
| Lancelot Henry Elphinstone | 6 October 1924 | 1 April 1925 |
| Wilfred Wentworth Woods | Auditor General
as Colonial Auditor | 10 September 1918 | 1 March 1922 | Replaced by F. G. Morley
| F. G. Morley | 1 March 1922 | 1 April 1925 |
| Bernard Senior | Treasurer | 10 September 1918 | 1922 |
| Wilfred Wentworth Woods | 22 February 1922 |  |

## See also

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* Cabinet of Sri Lanka

## References

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Government offices

Preceded by

John Anderson executive council of Ceylon

|  Executive councils of Ceylonese
1918–1925  | Succeeded by

Clifford 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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