Executive Council of Ceylon

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advisory body colonial executive council governmental body

The Executive Council of Ceylon was the principal governing and advisory body to the British colonial governor in Ceylon, functioning as the colony’s central executive authority before independence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
colonial government of Ceylon	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory body ⓘ colonial executive council ⓘ governmental body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionIncludes	appointed non‑official members ⓘ senior colonial officials ⓘ
country	Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAfterDissolution	Dominion of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedFollowingEvent	granting of self‑government in Ceylon ⓘ independence of Ceylon ⓘ
followed	Dutch Council of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedDuring	early 20th century in Ceylon ⓘ late 19th century in Ceylon ⓘ
governedFor	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of colonial government departments ⓘ advising the governor on executive decisions ⓘ formulation of colonial policy in Ceylon ⓘ implementation of British imperial policy in Ceylon ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Crown Colony of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	colonial constitutional instruments of Ceylon ⓘ royal instructions to the Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
hasMember	Governor of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ official members ⓘ unofficial members ⓘ
hasRole	advisory body to the Governor of Ceylon ⓘ central executive authority of British Ceylon ⓘ principal governing body of British Ceylon ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British colonial period in Ceylon ⓘ
isPartOf	colonial governance structure of the British Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalSystem	British colonial administration ⓘ
partOf	Government of British Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Legislative Council of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Board of Ministers of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cabinet of Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	King’s House, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	development of constitutional government in Ceylon ⓘ transition from autocratic to more representative rule in Ceylon ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
typeOfAdministration	colonial executive administration ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colonial Secretary of Ceylon → seeAlso → Executive Council of Ceylon ⓘ

Colebrooke–Cameron reforms → introduced → Executive Council of Ceylon ⓘ

Board of Ministers → replaced → Executive Council of Ceylon ⓘ

Board of Ministers → precededBy → Executive Council of Ceylon ⓘ

Executive Committee of Home Affairs → partOf → Executive Council of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial government of Ceylon