Ceylonese recipients of British titles

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Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in, worked in or lived in Ceylon.

Contents

19th Century

1890s

1891

Dignity of a wife of a Knight Bachelor

1892

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1897

Order of St Michael and St George

Twentieth century

1900s

1901

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Privy Council
Knight Bachelor

1902

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1903

Order of St Michael and St George

1906

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1908

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1909

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Knight Commander, (KCMG)

1910s

1911

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
    • 1911 - John Penry Lewis, Esq., M.A., late Government Agent for the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

1913

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1914

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1916

Order of St Michael and St George

1919

Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division

1920s

1920

King's Police Medal (KPM)

1922

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1923

Knight Bachelor
Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division

1925

Order of the British Empire

1929

Order of the British Empire

1930s

1931

Knight Bachelor

1932

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1935

Knight Bachelor

1936

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire

1938

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

1939

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
Colonial Police Medal

1940s

1941

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1942

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1943

Order of the British Empire
  • Knight Commander, (KBE)
  • Officer, (OBE)
    • Civil Division
    • 1943 - Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam, Superintending Telecommunication Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department. [8]
    • 1943 - Ralph Henry Bassett, C.C.S, Commissioner for the Development of Agricultural Marketing.
    Officer, (OBE)
    • Military Division
    • 1943 - Major John Oldknow Widdows, M.C, Sherwood Foresters.
    • 1943 - Major Ernest Lionel Mack, V.D, Ceylon Light Infantry

1946

Order of St Michael and St George

1946

Order of the British Empire

1948

These were the first conferred under the Dominion of Ceylon

Order of the British Empire
  • Officer, (OBE)
    • 1948 - Abdon Ignatius Perera, acting Postmaster General
    • 1948 - John Robert Blaze, Senior Physician, General Hospital, Colombo
    • 1948 - Abdul Raheman Abdul Razik - Senator, Member of the State Council.
    • 1948 - Gunasena de Soyza, Commissioner of Co-operative Development
    • 1948 - Sabapathy Somasundaram, Proctor of the Supreme Court
    • 1948 - Bertram Edmund Weerasinghe, Chief Officer Colombo Municipal Fire Brigade, Assistant Civil Defence Commissioner (Fire Services)

1950s

1950

Order of the British Empire

1951

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
King's Police and Fire Services Medal

1952

These were the last conferred under King George VI's reign as King of Ceylon, as he died on 6 February 1952.

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George

These were the first conferred under Queen Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of Ceylon (1952–1972).

Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service

1953

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division
      • 1953 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Esq., O.B.E.. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
      • 1953 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., M.B.E., Senator.

1954

Viscount
Knight Bachelor
  • 1954 - Sir Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., CBE, Senator. For social services.
Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Order of the British Empire
British Empire Medal

1955

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
British Empire Medal

1956

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Order of the British Empire

No further Ceylonese citizens were nominated for honours in the British Honours System after 1956, since S.W.R.D. Bandaranaikes government put an end to it.

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