The Ward executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry George Ward.
Ward executive council of Ceylon | |
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.svg){kind=small} 6th Cabinet of British Ceylon | |
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| Date formed | 11 May 1855 |
| Date dissolved | 30 June 1860 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Queen Victoria |
| Head of government | Henry George Ward |
| No. of ministers | 6 |
| Ministers removed | 2 |
| Total no. of members | 8 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | George William Anderson executive council of Ceylon |
| Successor | MacCarthy executive council of Ceylon |
Executive council members edit
| Portrait | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Henry George Ward | Governor | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | |
| Charles Justin MacCarthy | Colonial Secretary | 11 May 1855 | 1860 | ||
| Major general Thomas Reed | Commander of Troops | 11 May 1855 | ? | Replaced by Henry Frederick Lockyer | |
| Major general Henry Frederick Lockyer | 1856 | 30 June 1860 | |||
| Henry Collingwood Selby | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate |
11 May 1855 | 1858 | Replaced by Henry Byerley Thomson | |
| Henry Byerley Thomson | 3 May 1858 | 30 June 1860 | |||
| W. C. Gibson | Auditor General | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | ||
| John Caulfield | Treasurer | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 |