Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Henry Frederick Lockyer, CB, KH (1797–30 August 1860) was an acting

Governor of British Ceylon The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ceylon. The governor was the ...

. He was appointed on 30 June 1860 and was acting Governor until 30 July 1860. On his return journey home, he died aboard the SS ''Ripon''. He was succeeded by

Charles Edmund Wilkinson Charles Edmund Wilkinson (1801–1870) was a British army officer who rose to the rank of Major-General and served as acting Governor of British Ceylon. Life He was the only son of the naturalist Jacob Wilkinson (1773–1844) and his first wi ...

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