John Wilson (governor)

Major General Sir John Wilson

Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 13 October 1831 – 23 October 1831
Monarch	William IV
Preceded by	Edward Barnes
Succeeded by	Robert Wilmot-Horton
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 19 March 1811 – 11 March 1812
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Thomas Maitland
Succeeded by	Robert Brownrigg
9th & 15th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office 1811 – ?
Preceded by	Thomas Maitland
Succeeded by	Robert Brownrigg
In office 14 October 1831 – ?
Preceded by	Hudson Lowe
Succeeded by	Robert Arbuthnot
Personal details
Born	1780
Died	1856
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major general
Commands	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

Major General Sir John Wilson (1780–1856) was an acting Governor of British Ceylon who served on two separate occasions. He was appointed in 1811 and was acting Governor until 1812, and again in 1831.^[1]

References

↑ "Sri Lanka". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

Government offices
Preceded by Thomas Maitland	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1811–1812	Succeeded by Robert Brownrigg
Preceded by Edward Barnes	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1831-1831	Succeeded by Robert Wilmot-Horton
Military offices
Preceded by Thomas Maitland	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1811–?	Succeeded by Robert Brownrigg
Preceded by Hudson Lowe	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1831–?	Succeeded by Robert Arbuthnot
Preceded by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin	Colonel of the 11th (the North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1841–1856	Succeeded by William George Cochrane

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

1 Stuart 2 Doyle 3 Bonnevaux 4 de Meuron 5 Champagné 6 MacDowall 7 Wemyss 8 Maitland 9 Wilson 10 Brownrigg 11 Jackson 12 Barnes 13 Campbell 14 Lowe 15 Wilson 16 Arbuthnot 17 Campbell 18 Smelt 19 Bainbrigge 20 Reed 21 Lockyer 22 O'Brien 23 Hodson 24 Renny 25 Street 26 Wilby

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