title: Hamilton-Gordon executive council of Ceylon
text: # Hamilton-Gordon executive council of Ceylon
  
  The Hamilton-Gordon executive council was 11th executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Arthur Hamilton-Gordon.
  
  ## Executive council members
  
  | Member of Council | Office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon | Governor | 3 December 1883 | 28 May 1890 | |
  | John Douglas | Colonial Secretary | 3 December 1883 | 1885 | Replaced by Cecil Clementi Smith |
  | Cecil Clementi Smith | Colonial Secretary | 17 November 1885 | 1887 | Replaced by Edward Noël Walker |
  | Edward Noël Walker | Colonial Secretary | 10 November 1887 | 28 May 1890 | |
  | Major general William Wilby | Commander of Troops | 3 December 1883 | 1886 | Replaced by Francis Conninsby Hannan Clarke |
  | Lieutenant colonel Francis Conninsby Hannan Clarke | Commander of the Ceylon Volunteers | 20 April 1888 | 28 May 1890 | |
  | Francis Flemming | Attorney General | 3 December 1883 | 1886 | Replaced by Samuel Grenier |
  | Samuel Grenier | Attorney General | 30 September 1886 | 28 May 1890 | |
  | W. H. Ravenscroft | Auditor General | 3 December 1883 | 28 May 1890 | |
  | William D. Wright | Treasurer | 3 December 1883 | 1886 | Replaced by George Thomas Michael O'Brien |
  | George Thomas Michael O'Brien | Treasurer | 6 August 1886 | 1890 | |
  