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General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

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List of General Officers Commanding, Ceylon
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General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (also known as Commander of Troops) was the designation of the General Officer appointed to command all British Army units stationed in the island of Ceylon during the British colonial administration of the island.^[1] The post was succeeded by the Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force.

History

The post entitled the holder a seat in the Executive Council of Ceylon and advised the Governor of Ceylon on military matters.

Apart from British Army units that were deployed for garrison duty in the island, the officer held command over the Ceylon Defence Force if mobilized. However mobilization could be carried out only under orders from the Governor.

Following independence in 1948, the command was split. With the creation of the Ceylon Army, it head had was referred to as the Commander of the Ceylon Army and the British troops in Ceylon came under the command of the Commander, Ceylon Garrison and UK troops in Ceylon until the withdrawal of British troops from the island.

List of General Officers Commanding, Ceylon

No.	Portrait	Rank	Name	Appointment	Left office
1	Colonel	James Stuart	1796
2	Major general	Welbore Ellis Doyle	1 January 1797
3	Colonel	Peter Bonnevaux	30 June 1797	10th Madras Native Infantry
4	Brigadier general	Pierre Frédéric de Meuron	12 July 1797
5	Colonel	Josiah Champagné	February 1799
6	Major general	Hay MacDowall	19 July 1799
7	Major general	David Douglas Wemyss	1804
8	Major general	Sir Thomas Maitland	1805	62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot	GCB, GCH
9	Major general	John Wilson	1811
10	Lieutenant general	Sir Robert Brownrigg	1812	9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot	GCB
11	Major general	Alexander Cosby Jackson	1812	66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
12	Major general	Sir Edward Barnes	1820	47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot	GCB
13	Major general	Sir James Campbell	22 July 1822
14	Major general	Sir Hudson Lowe	1826	GCMG, KCB
15	Major general	Sir John Wilson	14 October 1831
16	Major general	Sir Robert Arbuthnot	1839	76th Regiment of Foot	KCB
17	Lieutenant general	Sir Colin Campbell	16 April 1841	78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot	KCB
18	Major general	William Smelt	28 January 1847
19	Major general	Philip Bainbrigge	23 May 1852
20	Major general	Thomas Reed	13 September 1854
21	Major general	Henry Frederick Lockyer	1856
22	Major general	Terence O'Brien	1860
23	Major general	Studholme John Hodson	1865
24	Major general	Henry Renny	1869
25	Major general	John Alfred Street	1874
26	Major general	William Wilby	1879	1886

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=British Commanders|url=http://ceylondatabase.net/military.html|publisher=Ceylondatabase.net|accessdate=21 March 2014}}

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British Commanders

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List of General Officers Commanding, Ceylon

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