The Executive Council of Ceylon was the
Executive Council created in
Ceylon (now
Sri Lanka) by the
British
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
colonial administration on the recommendations of the
Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of repr ...
in March 1833.
History
The 1833
Colebrooke-Cameron Commission recommended the creation of the
Legislative Council and the Executive Council, the first step in representative government in British Ceylon. Accordingly, both were established on 19 March 1833 by
letters patent.
The Executive Council initially consisted of the
British Governor (the president of the council) and five other senior British officials: the
General Officer Commanding, the
Colonial Secretary (Principal Secretary), the
Kings's Advocate, the
Treasurer
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Government
The treasury ...
and the
Government Agent for the
Central Province.
The governor had to consult the Executive Council in the discharge of his duties but he could over rule the council's advice.
In 1840 the Auditor-General
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replaced the Government Agent for the Central Province on the council and in 1883 the Queen's Advocate post was renamed Attorney General.[ The Second Manning Reforms of 1924 added four unofficial members to the Executive Council.
The 1927-8 Donoughmore Commission recommended that Ceylon be given limited self-government and the replacement of the Legislative Council and Executive Council with the ]State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
* State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
* State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...
and Board of Ministers respectively. Accordingly, the Executive Council was abolished in 1931.
List
References
1833 establishments in Ceylon
1931 disestablishments in Ceylon
Government of Sri Lanka
Governance of the British Empire
Privy councils
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