title: Ward executive council of Ceylon
text: # Ward executive council of Ceylon
  
  The Ward executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry George Ward.
  
  ## Executive council members
  
  | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Henry George Ward | Governor | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | |
  | Charles Justin MacCarthy | Colonial Secretary | 11 May 1855 | 1860 | |
  | Major general Thomas Reed | Commander of Troops | 11 May 1855 | ? | Replaced by Henry Frederick Lockyer |
  | Major general Henry Frederick Lockyer | Commander of Troops | 1856 | 30 June 1860 | |
  | Henry Collingwood Selby | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate | 11 May 1855 | 1858 | Replaced by Henry Byerley Thomson |
  | Henry Byerley Thomson | Attorney General as Queen's Advocate | 3 May 1858 | 30 June 1860 | |
  | W. C. Gibson | Auditor General | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | |
  | John Caulfield | Treasurer | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | |
  