title: Stewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon
text: # Stewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon
  
  The Stewart-Mackenzie executive council was 2nd executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie.
  
  ## Executive council members
  
  | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie | Governor | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | |
  | Philip Anstruther | Colonial Secretary | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | |
  | Major general Robert Arbuthnot | Commander of Troops | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | |
  | William Ogle Carr | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate | 7 November 1837 | 1838 | Served as King's Advocate Replaced by John Stark |
  | John Stark | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate | 10 December 1838 | 1840 | Replaced by Arthur William Buller |
  | Arthur William Buller | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate | 17 October 1840 | 15 April 1841 | |
  | Henry Augustus Marshall | Auditor General | 7 November 1837 | 1 February 1841 | Served as Civil Auditor General |
  | Henry Wright | Auditor General | 1 February 1841 | 15 April 1841 | |
  | William Granville | Treasurer | 7 November 1837 | 1841 | Replaced by George Turnour |
  | George Turnour | Treasurer | 1 February 1841 | 15 April 1841 | |
  