British Governors of Sri Lanka (1798 - 1948)

Between 1796 and 1948, Sri Lanka was a British crown colony.The king of England was the head of state, in practice his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.

01.  Federick North
Date of Birth :- 7 February 1766
Death :- 14 October 1827
Period of service :- 1798 - 1805
British Monarch :- George III 

The first governor of Sri Lanka. 

02.  Sir Thomas Metland
Date of Birth :- 1759
Death :- 1824
Period of service :- 1805 - 1811
British Monarch :- George III 

03.  Sir Robert Brownrigg
Date of Birth :- 1759
Death :- 1833
Period of service :- 1812 - 1820
British Monarch :- George III

04.  Sir Edward Paget
Date of Birth :- 3rd November 1775
Death :- 13th May 1849
Period of service :- 1822 - 1823
British Monarch :- George IV

05.  Sir Edward Barnes
Date of Birth :- 1776
Death :- 19th March 1838
Period of service :- 1823 - 1831
British Monarch :- George IV, William IV

06.  Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton
Date of Birth :- 21 December 1784
Death :- 31 May 1841
Period of service :- 1831 - 1837
British Monarch :- William IV, Queen Victoria

07.  James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
Date of Birth :- 23 September 1784
Death :- 24 September 1843
Period of service :- 1837 - 1841
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

08.  Sir Colin Campbell
Date of Birth :- 1776
Death :- 1847
Period of service :- 1841 - 1847
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

09.  The Viscount Torrington
Date of Birth :- 9 September 1812
Death :- 27 April 1884
Period of service :- 1847 - 1850
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

10.  Sir George William Anderson
Date of Birth :- 1791
Death :- 1857
Period of service :- 1850 -1855
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

11.  Sir Henry George Ward
Date of Birth :- 1797
Death :- 1864
Period of service :- 1855 -1860
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

12.  Charles Justin MacCarthy
Date of Birth :- 1811
Death :- 1864
Period of service :- 1860 -1863
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

13.  Hercules George Robert Robinson
Date of Birth :- 19 December 1824
Death :- 28 October 1897
Period of service :- 1865 -1872
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

14.  Sir William Henry Gregory
Date of Birth :- 13 July 1816
Death :- 6 March 1892
Period of service :- 1872 -1877
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

15.  Sir James Robert Longden
Date of Birth :- 1827
Death :- 6 March 1891
Period of service :- 1877 -1883
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

16.  Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of Birth :- 26 November 1829
Death :- 30 January 1912
Period of service :- 1883 - 1890
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

17.  Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock
Date of Birth :- 21 February 1844
Death :- 25 June 1908
Period of service :- 1890 - 1895
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

18.  Sir Joseph West Ridgeway
Date of Birth :- 16 May 1844
Death :- 16 April 1930
Period of service :- 1895 - 1903
British Monarch :- Queen Victoria

19.  Sir Henry Arthur Blake
Date of Birth :- 8 January 1840
Death :- 23 February 1918
Period of service :- 1903 - 1907
British Monarch :-  Edward VII

20.  Sir Henry Edward McCallum
Date of Birth :- 28 October 1852
Death :- 24 November 1919
Period of service :- 1907 -1913
British Monarch :- Edward VII

21.  Robert Chalmers
Date of Birth :- 18 August 1858
Death :- 17 November 1938
Period of service :- 1913 - 1916
British Monarch :- George V

22.  Sir William Henry Manning
Date of Birth :- 19 July 1863
Death :- 1 January 1932
Period of service :- 1918 - 1925
British Monarch :- George V

23.  Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
Date of Birth :- 5 March 1866
Death :- 18 December 1941
Period of service :- 1925 - 1927
British Monarch :- George V

24.  Sir Herbert James Stanley
Date of Birth :- 25 July 1872
Death :- 5 June 1955
Period of service :- 1928 - 1931
British Monarch :- George V

25.  Sir Graeme Thomson
Date of Birth :- 1875
Death :- 1933
Period of service :- 1931 - 1933

British Monarch :- George V

26.  Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
Date of Birth :- 13 October 1876
Death :- 7 December 1947
Period of service :- 1933 - 1937
British Monarch :- George V / Edward VIII / George VI

27.  Sir Andrew Caldecott
Date of Birth :- 26 October 1884
Death :- 14 July 1951
Period of service :- 1937 - 1944
British Monarch :- George VI

28.  Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Date of Birth :- 1887
Death :- 1964
Period of service :- 1944 - 1948
British Monarch :- George VI

He was the first governor of Independent Sri lanka. (1948 - 1949 )