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Chief Secretary of Ceylon (449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the chief secretary was third in the order of precedence after the governor of Ceylon and the chief justice. The chief secretary was assisted by a deputy

António de Sousa Coutinho (53 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

António de Sousa Coutinho was a Portuguese colonial administrator, Governor of Ceylon from 1655 to 1656. Sousa Coutinho was appointed in 1655 under King

Maldivian Annual Tribute (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

presented each year by the Sultan of the Maldives to the British Governor of Ceylon. The tributes were presented after the Maldive islands became a British

Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff (1,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

administrator for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He served as Governor of Ceylon from 1736 to 1740 and as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Willem Jacob van de Graaf (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1737, in Huissen – 10 December 1804, in Utrecht) was the 35th Dutch Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. Willem Jacob was the third child

Harris Leuke Ratwatte (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Ceylon. Ratwatte was award the title of Dissawa by the British Governor of Ceylon and was elected as the Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy

Statue of Tara (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it was given to the British Museum in 1830 by the former British Governor of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known), Robert Brownrigg. Buddhism has had

Gerard Joan Vreeland (55 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

November 1711, Utrecht – 26 February 1752, Colombo) was the 28th governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 6 May 1751

George William Anderson (194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mauritius from 8 June 1849 until 19 October 1850, when he was appointed governor of Ceylon, following the harsh suppression of the 1848 civil uprising by the

Havelock Town (202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

facilities. It is named after Arthur Havelock who served as the British governor of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895. Hindu College, Colombo Isipathana College Lumbini

Willem Maurits Bruyninck (174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bruninck, etc.) (24 January 1689 Lichtenvoorde - ?) was the 25th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 12 March 1740

Guy Stanley Wodeman (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Chelsea, London. On 11 August 1938 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon, a position he held until 22 October. He then served as the deputy

Jacob Hustaert (84 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Coromandel. He was appointed on 27 December 1663, and was governor of Ceylon until 19 November 1664. He was succeeded by Rijckloff van Goens. "De

Arnold Moll (77 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Dutch commander of Jaffanapatnam from 1723 to 1725 and acting Governor of Ceylon from 21 June 1723 to 12 January 1724. He previously had been merchant

Philip Anstruther (colonial secretary) (638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

numerous occasions he was called upon to take on the role of acting Governor of Ceylon. From 1840 onwards, Anstruther purchased 1,535 hectares (3,793 acres)

Arippu fort (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

captivity and reached the Arippu Fort in 1679. The first British Governor of Ceylon, Frederick North, constructed his official summer residence at the

Robert Wilmot-Horton (1,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1821 and 1828, and Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837. He is most widely known for his writings on

Daniel Overbeek (208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Overbeke (13 March 1695, Amsterdam - 29 July 1751, Colombo) was the 26th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 8 January 1742

Adriaen Roothaes (341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1660 to 1672 he was Commander of Galle. He was appointed as acting Governor of Ceylon on 19 November 1664 and until Rijckloff van Goens, who had previously

Fort (Colombo) (1,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

built in 1859 under the governance of Sir Henry George Ward, the Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during British colonial era. Fort is also home to the

Cyril Longden (289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1874, the Governor of British Guiana between 1874 and 1876, and the Governor of Ceylon until 1883. Longden was the District Superintendent of Police, Madras

James Peiris (1,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the first native Governor of Ceylon (Acting). Born on 20 December 1856 to T Martinus Pieris and Apolonia

Louis Knollys (325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of New Zealand and subsequently in 1883 when he was made Governor of Ceylon, Knollys continued in his role as his aide-de-camp. He was made a

John Chetham McLeod (254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assuming the position of General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He acted as Governor of Ceylon during the temporary absence of Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon from June

Philip Norton Banks (487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

earlier in the year being presented with the King's Police Medal by the Governor of Ceylon Sir Reginald Stubbs in a special ceremony held at Queen’s House, Colombo

Thomas Eden (civil servant) (171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Eden, (29 November 1787 – 4 November 1845) was the Secretary to the Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Treasurer of Ceylon (1816–1822), Commissioner of

Fort MacDowall (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kachcheri, destroying the tax records contained inside. On 29 July, the governor of Ceylon, Lord Torrington, declared martial law in the colony. A detachment

George Lee (postmaster) (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton's staff. Wilmot-Horton served as the Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837. The Colombo Journal was published on 1 January

Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle (606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the titular title of Mudaliyar for social service by the British Governor of Ceylon. Through the marriage of his daughters, the Senanayake family and

Joan van Hoorn (730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

widow of Gerard de Heere, who had been Counsellor of the Indies and Governor of Ceylon. A son was born on 2 February 1708, but he died shortly afterwards

Chrysiptera brownriggii (193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

description but it is almost certainly Robert Brownrigg (1759-1833) who was governor of Ceylon where the type was collected. Allen, G.R. (2022). "Chrysiptera brownriggii"

William de Alwis (262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alwis brothers' botanical drawings, recommended to W H Gregory, the Governor of Ceylon, that they should draw from nature the butterflies and moths of Ceylon

Governor's Bodyguard (284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Governor's Bodyguard were the household cavalry troop of the Governor of Ceylon. The troop's origins lay in the practice of the British Military Governors

Thomas Edward Barnes Skinner (551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Burrell (1818-1866). His father named him after Sir Edward Barnes, the Governor of Ceylon (1820-1822), of whom he was a great admirer. Skinner joined the Ceylon

Punchi Banda Nugawela (165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sarasiyapattuwa. He was later given the titular rank of Dissawe by the British Governor of Ceylon. In the 1920s he became an influential member of the Kandyan National

Doric Bungalow (672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Arippu East, Mannar, Sri Lanka, was the residence of the first British Governor of Ceylon. The first governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, was the

Grand Mosque of Colombo (478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

two-storey structure, one of the first of its kind. In 1826 the British Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes, visited the mosque and commended the architect on

Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

foundation stone was laid by Brigadier General Sir William Henry Manning, Governor of Ceylon on December 7, 1921, and was unveiled by him October 27, 1923 at the

Jacob Davies (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to fail. In February 1849, he supported the Kandyans against the Governor of Ceylon, Lord Torrington, following the Matale rebellion. After 5 years in

A. C. G. S. Amarasekara (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Exhibition and was awarded the titular honor of Mudaliyar by the Governor of Ceylon in 1924. Amarasekara was appointed an Officer of the British Empire

Commission to Enquire into Bribery in the State Council of Ceylon (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Silva Commission ) was a commission of inquiry appointed by British Governor of Ceylon Sir Andrew Caldecott which was in effect from 1941 to 1943, to investigate

Holy Trinity Church, Nuwara Eliya (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

member; and Lady Carolina Ridgeway, wife of Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, Governor of Ceylon. The churchyard also several tombstones, including ones for Lady Olive

Havelock Park (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock (1844–1908), who was the 17th British Governor of Ceylon (1890–1895), by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). Havelock Park

Lake Gregory (Nuwara Eliya) (336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Bastiampillai, B (1968). The Administration of Sir William Gregory: Governor of Ceylon, 1872-77. Tisara Prakasakayo. p. 119. "Gregory Lake in Nuwara Eliya"

Versluis (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1958), Belgian racing cyclist Stephanus Versluijs (1694–1736), Dutch Governor of Ceylon 1729–1732 James J. Versluis, a Chicago tugboat named in 1957 after

Chalmers (surname) (551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1858–1938), British official, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, Governor of Ceylon; Pali scholar Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847), scholar, theologian, leader

Falck (surname) (159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(born 1949), German athlete Iman Willem Falck (1736-1785), Dutch governor of Ceylon Isak Lauritssøn Falck (1601–1669), Norwegian land owner and timber

Adriaan van der Meyden (57 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dutch colonial governor of Ceylon

Edward Barnes (171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Edward Barnes (British Army officer) (1776–1838), British soldier and governor of Ceylon Edward Barnes (1892–1941), professor of chemistry and amateur botanist

Joan Gideon Loten (2,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Johan Vreeland, the governor of Ceylon died in February 1752 creating a vacancy there. In June 1752 he was appointed Governor of Ceylon and travelled to

Governor of Montserrat (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor of Anguilla (227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Bekker (446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1827–1918), German jurist and professor Hendrik Bekker (1661–1722), Dutch Governor of Ceylon Hennie Bekker (born 1934), Zambian-born musician and composer based

St. Thomas' Church, Colombo (536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the first Anglican church built in Sri Lanka, it was constructed by Governor of Ceylon Sir Robert Brownrigg for the use by the local Tamil Christian (Malabar)

List of governors of Trinidad and Tobago (79 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Oost Gelre (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Freek Willem Maurits Bruyninck (1689 in Lichtenvoorde - ??), the 25th Governor of Ceylon Tjitske Siderius (born 1981 in Groenlo), Dutch politician Hans Smees

1838 in the United Kingdom (1,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(born 1779) 19 March – Sir Edward Barnes, British Army officer and governor of Ceylon (born 1776) 21 March – George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, colonial

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) (991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Commission to evaluate the administration of the country under the Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes, and to recommend reforms. The commission's recommendations

Governor of Fiji (170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Council of Ceylon and the Legislative Council of Ceylon, advised the Governor of Ceylon on military matters. Apart from British Army units that were deployed

Lady Gregory (4,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

who was 36 years her elder, had just retired from his position as Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), having previously served several terms as Member

Pavle Solarić (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, a former first British Governor of Ceylon, then Minister of Education of the Ionian Islands. Vojislav I. Ilić

Kandyan Wars (2,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hearing of the Kandyan invasion was suppressed. Frederick North, governor of Ceylon from 1798–1805, maintained pressure on the Kandyan frontier with numerous

Governor-General of Ceylon (699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

four governors-general. Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore became the last governor of Ceylon and first governor-general when the Ceylon Order in Council, the first

List of governors of Uganda (321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of British Guiana (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

A1 highway (Sri Lanka) (230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

island. Construction began in 1820 under the orders of the British Governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet. Construction was carried out

List of commissioners and governors of Sind (British India) (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors of British Somaliland (101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Graeme Thomson (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guiana in 1922 and of Governor of Nigeria in 1925, and finally of Governor of Ceylon in 1931. He died at Aden on his way home from there. He had been appointed

Palm cockatoo (2,308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Anthonisz, R.G. (1907). "Joan Gideon Loten, F.R.S., the naturalist Governor of Ceylon (1752-57), and the Ceylonese artist de Bevere". Journal of the Ceylon

Governor of North Borneo (84 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

appointed Justice of the Peace for the Batticaloa District by the Governor of Ceylon on the occation of the King's birthday. At the 1st parliamentary election

Governor of Northern Rhodesia (129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Hill Club (622 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

established in 1915 under President (Sir) Robert Chalmers, the then Governor of Ceylon. The CLTA purchasing the courts and clubrooms from the Hill Club in

P. B. Bulankulame (365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He was awarded the title of Dissawa of Anuradhapura by the British Governor of Ceylon. He was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British

List of colonial governors of Nyasaland (50 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of British consuls in Tonga (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Dutch Ceylon (3,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

succeeded by Johan van Angelbeek, who would serve as the last Dutch Governor of Ceylon. In 1795, Prince William V issued in February 1795 orders to Johan

Mount-Lavinia (417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

primary and secondary schools. The area's name arose when the second Governor of Ceylon, Sir Thomas Maitland, acquired land at "Galkissa" (Mount Lavinia)

Robert Ievers (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

travelled to Ceylon as part of the administration of Sir William Gregory, Governor of Ceylon, who resided at Coole Park, Galway. In 1878, a year after Gregory's

Wilmot-Horton executive council of Ceylon (65 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Historical Journal. 15 (2): 209–228. ISSN 0018-246X. JSTOR 2638119. "Sir Robert Wilmot Horton (Governor of Ceylon) 1831-1837". www.royal.sch.lk.

List of British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak (92 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Puttalam line (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ragama to Ja-Ela. The project was initiated by Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Governor of Ceylon. The first passenger operations commenced on 9 November 1908. The

List of colonial governors in 1850 (402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bahamas (1849–1854) Ceylon – George Byng, Governor of Ceylon (1847–1850) George William Anderson, Governor of Ceylon (1850–1855) Malta – Richard More O'Ferrall

Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory (296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor of the Cayman Islands (585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor of Pitcairn (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Sri Lankan Parliament Building (415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designed by Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa. On 29 January 1930 the British Governor of Ceylon, Sir Herbert Stanley (1927–1931), opened a building fronting the ocean

Arthur Birch (75 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chemist Arthur Birch (colonial administrator) (1836–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon Arthur Birch (jockey) (1875–1911), British jockey for the horse Moifaa

List of Sri Lankan cabinets (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Minister of Ceylon. Also in the picture Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore the Governor of Ceylon, and the Chief Justice. Cabinet of 1952 at Queen's House after swearing

List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of Trinidad (591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Ceylon Civil Service (1,107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the Colonies appointed several officers to assist the British Governor of Ceylon in the administration of the coastal areas. After Ceylon became a

Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Imhoff family (1,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

patrician and art collector Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff (1705–1750), governor of Ceylon and then the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch East India Company Amalia

List of British representatives in the Trucial States (106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Governor of Labuan (70 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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List of governors of Barbados (859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Clifford Cup (1,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

country. In 1911 Lady Elizabeth Clifford (the wife of the acting Governor of Ceylon, Sir Hugh Clifford) was interested in the annual rugby football fixture

List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus (123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Willem Jacobszoon Coster (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Coster's hometown. The High Council decided to install Coster as Governor of Ceylon, with Galle as his residence, where he had a garrison of 200 men.

Lingewaard (747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jacob van de Graaf (born 1736 in Huissen – 1804), the 35th Dutch Governor of Ceylon Syb Talma (born 1864 in Angeren – 1916), a Dutch politician Gys van

List of governors of the Falkland Islands (47 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Gampaha (1,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

before year 1815, it is said that Gampaha was a dense forest. The 5th Governor of Ceylon, Sir Edward Barnes made a visit to Gampaha in 1825, on the way to

Louis Corneille Wijesinghe (316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Service Tenures Ordinance. On the invitation of Sir Arthur Gordon, the Governor of Ceylon, Wijesinghe, completed the translation of the remaining 62 chapters

List of colonial governors of Burma (151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Tobago (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Wariyapola Sri Sumangala (680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accounts say that he was released on 13 April 1821 by order of the then Governor of Ceylon. A ceremony was convened on 1 March 2024 at the Maha Maluwa within

Crown Colony of North Borneo (1,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of resident commissioners and governors of the Solomon Islands (201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (1,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grounds to the club. His Excellency Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, the Governor of Ceylon officially opened the Colombo Oval on 27 January 1940. In the intervening

Colombo Swimming Club (163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

club and a swimming pool built in its premises which was opened by Governor of Ceylon Sir Andrew Caldecott. On 20 July 2017, the Road Development Authority

Colombo Swimming Club (163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

club and a swimming pool built in its premises which was opened by Governor of Ceylon Sir Andrew Caldecott. On 20 July 2017, the Road Development Authority

Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Grand Hotel (Nuwara Eliya) (663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

constructed as the holiday residence of Sir Edward Barnes, the fifth Governor of Ceylon (1776–1838) in 1828, for the sum of £8,000. Following Barnes' departure

Crown Colony of North Borneo (1,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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List of British representatives in Zanzibar (149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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List of lord high commissioners of the Ionian Islands (126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Fort Hammenhiel (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Instructions from the Governor-General and Council of India to the Governor of Ceylon, 1656-1665. H.C. Cottle, Government Printer. p. 106. Ceylon at War

Imhoff (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1982), Argentine footballer Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff (1705–1750), governor of Ceylon and then the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch East India Company Hans

Governor of Gibraltar (474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Cecil Clementi Smith (663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

appointment when he left Singapore in 1893. Subsequently, he was Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon, and the Master of the Mercers' Company in 1897. He was president

William Twining (military physician) (266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Joshua Brookes. In 1821, he became personal surgeon to Edward Paget, Governor of Ceylon. In 1824, he became the Assistant Surgeon to the Bengal Establishment

Governor of the Falkland Islands (1,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Seychelles (122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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St. Paul's Church, Kandy (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1825 the Bishop of Calcutta, Reginald Heber, visited Kandy with the Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes, to preach and conduct a confirmation service. He noted

Governor of Tristan da Cunha (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of the Isle of Wight (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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List of governors of the Windward Islands (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Legislative Council of Ceylon (1,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

State Council of Ceylon in 1931. The President of the council is the Governor of Ceylon. Official members included permanent or acting office holders: Colonial

Lascarins (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Maldivian delegation bring the Maldivian annual tribute, to the Governor of Ceylon. Lascarins were maintained as small private units of powerful Mudaliyars

Hendrick Zwaardecroon (759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He was Commissioner (commissaris) on the Malabar Coast and acting Governor of Ceylon in 1697. He became, in 1703, Secretary to the High Government of the

British Garrison Cemetery (379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Elizabeth Gregory (1817–1873), the first wife of William Henry Gregory, Governor of Ceylon (1872–1877). John Spottiswood Robertson (1823–1856), the seventh and

Governor of Ascension (344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Sugar industry of Sri Lanka (838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Europeans in 1810 and the elimination of land tax on export crops by the Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes in 1824, there was a period of experimentation (1823–1839)

Governor-General of the West Indies Federation (146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of Tanganyika (239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands (354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Langedijk (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

seats) Johannes Hertenberg (1668 in Oudkarspel – 1725) the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death Theo Nieuwenhuis (1866 in Noord-Scharwoude

1718 (2,172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

succeeding Joseph Wenzel March 13 – Daniel Overbeek becomes the new Dutch Governor of Ceylon (now the nation of Sri Lanka), arriving after a 10-month sea voyage

List of governors of Malta (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras (547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Weerodara Vibhushanaya (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British military decorations on the recommendation of the British Governor of Ceylon. In 1946, Botalage Edmund Perera was awarded the George Medal for

List of governors of the Leeward Islands (604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of Jamaica (1,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor Barnes (75 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Oklahoma Territory Edward Barnes (British Army officer) (1776–1838), Governor of Ceylon from 1820 to 1822 (Acting) and from 1824 to 1831 Roy Barnes (born

List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya (113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor of the Virgin Islands (817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Harry Charles Purvis Bell (687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

District Judge. Appointed an official archaeologist, in July 1890 the Governor of Ceylon, Sir Arthur Gordon, appointed Bell as the first Archaeological Commissioner

Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the birth of the Engineering Association of Ceylon. Presided by the Governor of Ceylon Sir Henry Blake, the inauguration of the Association was held on the

Isaac (name) (1,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1886–1937), Soviet economist Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723), Dutch Governor of Ceylon Isaak Tirion (1705–1765), Dutch publisher Isaak Voss (1618–1689),

Straits Settlements (2,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

1725 (2,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Schagen in appointed by the Dutch East India Company to serve as the Governor of Ceylon after the death of Johannes Hertenberg. October 23 – Russia dispatches

List of high commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Visakha Vidyalaya (459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was named Visakha Vidyalaya by Lady Herbert Stanley the wife of the Governor of Ceylon at that time. In 1939 the school was affiliated with Lady Irwin College

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (273 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Constitution of the Maldives (1,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began work on drafting the constitution on 22 March 1931. The acting Governor of Ceylon Bernard Henry Bourdillon provided technical expertise in its composition

Governor of British Mauritius (162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of the Bahamas (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor Clifford (133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

administrator) (1866–1941), Governor of North Borneo from 1900 to 1901, Governor of Ceylon in 1907 and from 1925 to 1927, Governor of Gold Coast from 1912 to

Governor Stubbs (85 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jamaica from 1926 to 1932, Governor of Cyprus from 1932 to 1933, and Governor of Ceylon from 1933 to 1937 This disambiguation page lists articles associated

Governor Byng (76 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from 1739 to 1740 George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812–1884), Governor of Ceylon from 1847 to 1850 John Byng (1704–1757), Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland

President of the Maldives (2,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centuries. This constitution was written on the advice on the then acting governor of Ceylon, Bernard H. Bourdill in 1930. Soon afterwards in 1934, a second constitution

List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Vincent (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor Maitland (92 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1844 to 1847 Thomas Maitland (British Army officer) (1760–1824), Governor of Ceylon from 1805 to 1811 and Governor of Malta from 1813 to 1824 This disambiguation

List of colonial governors and administrators of Grenada (670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Robert Wilmot (disambiguation) (143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Robert Wilmot-Horton (1784–1841), Governor of Ceylon Sir Robert Wilmot, 4th Baronet of the Wilmot baronets Robert Wilmot

List of governors of Menorca (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador (296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Cargills (Ceylon) (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

commander of Galle. It was subsequently occupied by the first British Governor of Ceylon, Sir Frederick North, who lived there for a short time before moving

Rock House Army Camp (331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an Englishman who accompanied Lord North who was the first British Governor of Ceylon. Marshall was an officer in the Ceylon Civil Service and went on to

Frederick Francis Liddell (453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he was appointed the private secretary to Sir Arthur Gordon, the Governor of Ceylon; after two years, when Gordon's tenure as governor expired, he returned

Governor-General of South Africa (562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

St. Joseph's College, Colombo (1,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first rector. The college building was formally declared open by Governor of Ceylon, West Ridgeway, and was blessed by Msgr. Zaleski, and the Archbishop

George E. de Silva (969 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Colombo District by the Governor of Ceylon on the occation of the King's birthday. With Ceylon gaining independence

Battle of Colachel (2,811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Malabar. In January 1739, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, the Dutch Governor of Ceylon, visited Kochi, and in a July report, he recommended military action

County Galway (UK Parliament constituency) (544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Burgh-Canning resigned, causing a by-election. Gregory was appointed Governor of Ceylon, causing a by-election. On 13 June 1872, on petition, Nolan was unseated

Barnes Ratwatte (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Balangoda. He was later given the title of Dissawa by the British Governor of Ceylon. He was elected as member of the State Council for Kegalle form 1936

Methodist Church, Pettah (719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was jointly conducted by Harvard and Clough. It was attended by the Governor of Ceylon Robert Brownrigg, his wife and a number of local civic and military

List of colonial governors of Connecticut (762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Ceylon Medical College (1,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

established in Calcutta in 1835. In 1839 Stewart-Mackenzie, the British Governor of Ceylon, started sending a small number of Ceylonese to study medicine in

Wolvendaal Church (982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country. In 1736 Governor of Ceylon, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, sought approval from the Dutch East India

Governor of Southern Rhodesia (824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of Singapore (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Queen's Cottage (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Colonial administration of the island as the summer residence for the Governor of Ceylon, Sir William Henry Gregory. Gregory controversially sold the Governor's

John Whitchurch Bennett (726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

petitioned Parliament to look into the conduct of Sir Edward Barnes, as Governor of Ceylon. In 1837, he appealed to Sir Alexander Johnston for support. Working

Governor of Saint Helena (1,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Nuwara Eliya Racecourse (766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

race course was laid out. In 1910, in a meeting presided over by the Governor of Ceylon, Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852–1919), it was resolved that the Colombo-based

List of British representatives in Muscat and Oman (103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of the Province of North Carolina (238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Berbice (2,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors in 1758 (153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Biest, Commander of Aruba (1756–1768) Dutch Ceylon – Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon (1757–1762) Dutch East Indies – Jacob Mossel, Governor-General of

Conquest of Koneswaram Temple (918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Hindu temple of Koneswaram, at Trincomalee by the Portuguese governor of Ceylon, Constantino de Sá de Noronha in April 1622. Koneswaram was at the

Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (1,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination. In 1839, the Governor of Ceylon J. A. Stewart Mackenzie started sending Ceylonese students to Calcutta

E. W. Perera (889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christians against Muslims. Fearing a possible uprising, the inexperienced Governor of Ceylon Sir Robert Chalmers declared martial law on 2 June 1915 and on the

Colony of Singapore (1,582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of the Gold Coast (989 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1856) (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Governor of Ceylon

List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone (1,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

1698 (3,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Benedictine bibliographer (d. 1758) December 6 – Anthony Mooyart, acting Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon (d. 1767) December 9 – Mark Hiddesley

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (2,469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

system and a form of Local Government developed. When the second Governor of Ceylon, Sir Thomas Maitland, acquired land at "Galkissa" (Mount Lavinia)

List of governors of the Straits Settlements (148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors general of Canada (1,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

1711 (3,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revolutionary-era Philadelphia (d. 1782) November 27 – Gerard Joan Vreeland, 28th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon (d. 1752) November 30 – Ebenezer

Loten's sunbird (1,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the Syst. Naturae, from specimens sent to him by General Loten, Governor of Ceylon, and named in honour of that gentleman, "Habitat in Zeylona. J. G

Regiment de Meuron (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

colonies to surrender themselves to the British for safe keeping. The governor of Ceylon did not immediately do so, instead seeking clarification of the situation

Aide-de-camp (5,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surgeon to the president. The tradition dates back to the office of governor of Ceylon. The governor's staff included an aide-de-camp as a permanent appointment

Major (Sri Lanka) (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dehiwala - Mt Lavinia Bevis Bawa, ADC, CLI - former Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceylon Victor Gunasekara, CCS - former Controller of Imports Exports and

Cape Colony (2,925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Governor of Hong Kong (1,622 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors in 1799 (265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Magistrate of the Cayman Islands (1776–1823) Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805) Madras – Edward Clive, Governor of Madras (1798–1803)

List of current viceregal representatives of the Crown (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Lucia (900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Fort Fredrick (2,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

map of the Portuguese age, compiled by the same Costantino de Sá governor of Ceylon, shows the fort of Trincomalee situated on the isthmus of the peninsula

Crown Colony of Sarawak (4,591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of governors of British South African colonies (207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Crown Colony of Labuan (2,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

All Saints' Church, Galle (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

church was facilitated by a grant of the land and £600 from the 13th Governor of Ceylon, Sir Hercules Robinson. A further £1,000 contribution was received

Sri Lanka–United Kingdom relations (2,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hearing of the Kandyan invasion was suppressed. Frederick North, governor of Ceylon from 1798 to 1805, maintained pressure on the Kandyan frontier with

Whist Bungalow (376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an Englishmen who accompanied Lord North who was the first British Governor of Ceylon. Marshall was an officer in the Ceylon Civil Service and went on to

Crown Colony of Malacca (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Saint Christopher (650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Griqualand West (2,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Kandyan commerce raiding against Portugal (1612–1613) (954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

prevented both sides from taking advantage of each other's weakness. Governor of Ceylon, Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo now resolved to an economic war against Kandy

List of colonial governors and administrators of Anguilla (472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Edward Henry Pedris Grounds (289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

created in 1901 to honour Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, former British Governor of Ceylon, by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). The park became home to several

Lady Constance Butler (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

family. Another great-grandfather, Edward Paget, was the British Governor of Ceylon. Constance's older sister Beatrice married Sir Reginald Pole-Carew

British Overseas Territories (8,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Anguilla (472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Marthanda Varma (3,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

where the chief gave granted her asylum. At this juncture, the Dutch Governor of Ceylon Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff sensed an opportunity to involve further

Lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man (1,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Crown Colony of Penang (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

George Bird (coffee planter) (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the purpose, which was afterwards confirmed by Sir Edward Barnes (Governor of Ceylon), and thus commenced that cultivation on the site of two ancient Kandian

List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom for Malaya (436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Edward Nevil Macready (686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and afterwards became military secretary to Sir John Wilson, the governor of Ceylon. He was subsequently aide-de-camp to Lord High Commissioner of the

Duncan Pirie (985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

occurred in 1888. In April 1890, Pirie was appointed as ADC to the Governor of Ceylon, Arthur Havelock, a position he held until he resigned from the role

Adriaan (1,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dutch pope (Adrian VI) Adriaan van der Meyden (fl. 1653–63), Dutch Governor of Ceylon Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653), Grand Pensionary of Holland Adriaan van

De Jong (1,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(British Columbia) politician Jacob de Jong (c.1700–c.1764), Dutch Governor of Ceylon in 1752 Jacqueline de Jong (born 1939), Dutch activist Johannes de

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (9,715 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 78th Highlanders, who had been an aide-de-camp to the former governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, and was serving as a staff officer at Kandy

List of governors of Bengal Presidency (1,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Horton Plains National Park (3,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the plains were renamed after Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, the British governor of Ceylon from 1831 to 1837, who travelled to the area to meet the Ratemahatmaya

Travancore–Dutch War (3,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suzerainty. In January 1739, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, the Dutch Governor of Ceylon, visited Kochi to study the affairs of the Dutch command in Malabar

List of colonial governors of the Gambia (306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

List of colonial governors and administrators of Nevis (301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

North Borneo (5,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Malartic (1799 ship) (1,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

North, who served between 1798 and 1805 as the first British civilian governor of Ceylon), Marquis de Wellesley, and a brig, before returning to Mauritius

Trinity College, Kandy (3,493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

King George V on 16 October 1919 by Sir William Henry Manning, the Governor of Ceylon. The memorial commemorates the service of 65 former students and staff

James Talbot Airey (522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was promoted captain on 22 July 1842, and was aide-de-camp to the governor of Ceylon from April 1847 to March 1851. On 11 November 1851 he became regimental

Cocos (Keeling) Islands (7,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

appointed Ross II as Superintendent. In 1878, by Letters Patent, the Governor of Ceylon was made Governor of the islands, and, by further Letters Patent in

Kallady Bridge (547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Manning Bridge in honour of the wife of William Manning, the British Governor of Ceylon. It was the oldest and longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka. On average

Daniel MacCarthy Glas (671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

London. MacCarthy's first cousin was Sir Charles Justin MacCarthy, Governor of Ceylon, and son-in-law of Sir Benjamin Hawes. MacCarthy traced his ancestry

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885) (272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

William Henry Gregory Liberal John Philip Nolan Home Rule Resignation (Governor of Ceylon) Home Rule William Le Poer Trench Conservative By-election result

Dudley Ward (judge) (914 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

July 1827. He was the eldest son of diplomat, politician, and later governor of Ceylon, Sir Sir Henry George Ward GCMG and Emily Swinburne, and a cousin

List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Nuwara Eliya District (443 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya 23 February 2007 Former country residence of Governor of Ceylon building known as Queens Cottage Ranamune Pihilla Mawela Mawela-West

1686 (5,710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Parliament of Great Britain (d. 1722) July 5 – Jan Macaré, interim Dutch governor of Ceylon (d. 1742) July 6 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)

List of governors of Bombay Presidency (3,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield (1,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his wife had been. Bloomfield pragmatically refused the position of Governor of Ceylon, but accepted the Order of the Bath, a sinecure worth £650 per annum

Brown fish owl (3,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ferguson, Donald (1907). "Joan Gideon Loten F.R.S., the naturalist governor of Ceylon (1752-57), and the Ceylonese artist de Bevere". Journal of the Ceylon

List of governors of Portuguese India (709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

May 1588. Governor D. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho May 1588 1591 Former governor of Ceylon, current governor of Malacca Succeeded in India by death of predecessor

Oriental Club (4,561 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cavalry general Lieutenant General Sir Edward Barnes, GCB (1776-1838), Governor of Ceylon Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839), Governor of Madras from

William Linwood (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William Gregory, K.C.M.G., Formerly Member of Parliament and Sometime Governor of Ceylon. An Autobiography. London: John Murray, 1894, pp. 44–45. Tuckwell

Governor of Bermuda (8,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1812–1884), eldest son and heir, a British diplomat who served as Governor of Ceylon between 1847 and 1850. Hilare Caroline Byng (1815–1889), who married

1796 (9,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Invasion of Ceylon (1795) ends when Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian governor of Ceylon, surrenders Colombo peacefully to British forces. February 16 – The

Raj of Sarawak (9,730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives

Joan Willem Schreuder Jonkman (385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Indies, as the youngest child of Jan Schreuder (1704-1764), former Governor of Ceylon, and Clara Geertruijda de la Haye (1729-1769). His marriage to Countess

List of knights and dames grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (4,350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ernest Gascoigne Bulwer Governor of Natal Sir James Robert Longden Governor of Ceylon 4 July 1883 Barghash bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar (Honorary) 28 January

List of governors of Penang (5,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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Siviyar (3,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Departamentuva (2015). Travel Diary of Isaac Augustin Rumpf: The Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1716-1723). Department of National Archives, Sri Lanka under The

List of colonial governors in 1759 (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rijswijck, Governor of Berbice (1755–1759) Ceylon – Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon (1757–1762) Demerara – Jonathan Samuel Storm van 's Gravesende, Commander

1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots (5,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

police and his death on 2 June was recorded as accidental. British Governor of Ceylon at the time was Sir Robert Chalmers, a career civil servant and a

List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century (5,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wittewrong Clayton, Governor (1773–1776) Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805) Madras – Edward Clive, Governor of Madras (1798–1803)

Eustachius De Lannoy (2,783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the Dutch company. During a visit to Cochin in 1739, the Dutch governor of Ceylon, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, made a report to his government on the

Anne Wilmot-Horton (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'She Walks in Beauty' about her the next day. While her husband was governor of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, Anne gained 'extensive knowledge of Ceylon plants

1790s (14,884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Invasion of Ceylon (1795) ends when Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian governor of Ceylon, surrenders Colombo peacefully to British forces. February 16 – The

Koneswaram Temple (12,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commemorate Francina van Reede, Lady of the Manor of Mydrecht". The Dutch Governor of Ceylon Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff mentions the pillar in his diaries of 1738

1710s (30,795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

succeeding Joseph Wenzel March 13 – Daniel Overbeek becomes the new Dutch Governor of Ceylon (now the nation of Sri Lanka), arriving after a 10-month sea voyage

Dutch Occupation of the Tiruchendur Temple (1,879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

factory was plundered and destroyed. In February 1649, the Dutch governor of Ceylon, Joan Maetsuycker, led a force of 436 Europeans in an assault on the

Stafford, Dolton (2,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Broadwoodwidger and Germansweek in Devon, who was aide de camp to the Governor of Ceylon in 1855 and served in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Luxmoore-Brooke had

Hendrik (given name) (3,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Estonian communist politician Hendrik Becker (1661–1722), Dutch Governor of Ceylon Hendrik Beernink (1910–1979), Dutch Minister of the Interior Hendrick

1720s (18,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Schagen in appointed by the Dutch East India Company to serve as the Governor of Ceylon after the death of Johannes Hertenberg. October 23 – Russia dispatches

February 1918 (8,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British colonial administrator, 12th Governor of Hong Kong, 19th Governor of Ceylon and 65th Governor of Jamaica (b. 1840); Thomas Brassey, British politician

Wilmot (surname) (716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ireland (1879–1882) Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (1784–1841), Governor of Ceylon Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, British banker, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners

William Wright Beling II (1,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 1928, was opened by His Excellency, Sir Herbert Stanley, the Governor of Ceylon (1928–1931) 'in the presence of a large and representative gathering'

Richard Hawksworth Barnes (573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

née Fawkes, daughter of Walter Fawkes, and her husband, the then Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes. He spent many of his early years at the Fawkes' family

Hardinge Hay Cameron (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He served as the private secretary to Sir William Henry Gregory, Governor of Ceylon, from 1872 to 1877. He was then appointed acting government agent

Southlands College, Galle (3,609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which is being used by boarders even today was declared open by the Governor of Ceylon, Sir Herbert Stanley. The year 1935 became a significant year during

Charles Henry de Soysa (5,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The ceremonial opening was performed by Sir William Gregory, the Governor of Ceylon, on 14 September 1876 (along with the ceremonial opening of the St

1680s (31,225 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Parliament of Great Britain (d. 1722) July 5 – Jan Macaré, interim Dutch governor of Ceylon (d. 1742) July 6 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)

1690s (36,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Benedictine bibliographer (d. 1758) December 6 – Anthony Mooyart, acting Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon (d. 1767) December 9 – Mark Hiddesley

List of people associated with Oriel College, Oxford (3,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Crawford – diplomat Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers – BA 1881. Governor of Ceylon 1913–1915 Fabian Picardo – Chief Minister of Gibraltar Herman Merivale

Catton, Derbyshire (3,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wilmot-Horton worked for many years in the Colonial Office, and was also governor of Ceylon for a time, he acceded to the Wilmot of Osmaston baronetcy after his

Statue of Queen Victoria, Teldeniya (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

have reason to be proud — The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, Governor of Ceylon, addressing the Legislative Council, 1901 It took a few years to complete

List of Royal College Colombo alumni (7,188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Name Class year Notability Reference(s) Sir James Peiris Acting Governor of Ceylon (1925), Vice-President Legislative Council of Ceylon (1924–1940) C.

List of alumni of St John's College, Cambridge (3,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (1954–1960) Sir James Peiris, Governor of Ceylon, 1929 Richard Penn, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1771–73 Sir

Tissanayagam family (4,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accurate" The book is dedicated to King Edward the VIII, and the then Governor of Ceylon Sir Reginald Stubbs. The foreword is written by Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike

List of colonial governors in 1801 (1,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Magistrate of the Cayman Islands (1776–1823) Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805) Grenada Charles Green, Governor of Grenada (1797–1801)

British overseas cities (3,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governor of Virginia former (Asia) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives