The Governor-General of Ceylon was the representative of the King of Ceylon (1948-1952) and the Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972) from 1948 when the country became independent as a Dominion until the country became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.
| Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Governor-General From | Governor-General Until | Sovereign |
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| Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore | 1887 | 1964 | 4 February 1948 | 6 July 1949 | George VI | |
| Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury | 6 May 1887 | 30 January 1971 | 6 July 1949 | 17 July 1954 | George VI Elizabeth II |
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| Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke | 20 October 1892 | 17 December 1978 | 17 July 1954 | 2 March 1962 | Elizabeth II | |
| align="center" | align="center"|William Gopallawa | 17 September 1897 | 31 January 1981 | 2 March 1962 | 22 May 1972 | Elizabeth II |
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