Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE (21 February 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904.

 

In March 1890, Havelock was appointed Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),where his actions included extending the country's railways to Kurunegala and Bandarawela, and abolishing the 'paddy tax', a levy on rice cultivation. He returned to his childhood home of India as Governor of Madras from 1896 to 1900.

 

Havelock returned to England, and retired to Torquay, Devon. 

 

On 15 August 1871, he married Anne Grace, née Norris, who died in early 1908. Havelock himself died at Bath, Somerset less than six months later on 25 June. He was survived by a daughter.