E. B. Wikramanayake

Last updated

Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. [1] A successful lawyer [2] he was appointed a King's Counsel in 1948 and had been educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He led the appeal of those convicted in the Bandaranaike assassination. He was the father of Elanga Wikramanayake and grandfather of Arittha R Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. [3] Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka [4] and served on the Board of Governors of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia</span> Suburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, population 245,974 (2012), is a large municipality in Sri lanka, and covers an extent of 2,109 ha. It lies south of the Colombo Municipal Council area and separated from it by the Dehiwala canal which forms the northern boundary of DMMC. Its southern limits lie in Borupana Road and the eastern boundary is Weras Ganga with its canal system and including some areas to its east. This town has extensive population and rapid industrialisation and urbanization in recent years. It is home to Sri Lanka's National Zoological Gardens, which remains one of Asia's largest. Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila and Colombo Airport, Ratmalana are some important landmark in this area. Dehiwela-Mount Lavinia and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte being two large suburban centres of the city of Colombo function together as one large urban agglomeration in the Region. The overspill from the City in residential and commercial uses of land have rapidly urbanised these suburban centers. Dehiwela-Mount Lavinia and Sri Jayawardenpaura along with Colombo Municipal Council form the most urbanised part of the core area of the Colombo Metropolitan Region. Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia lie along the Galle Road artery, which runs along the coast to the south of the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</span> Sri Lankan politician

Wijeyananda Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Ceylon from September 1959 to March 1960.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmund Samarakkody</span>

Edmund Peter Samarakkody was a Ceylonese lawyer, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia</span> Private school in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school in Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by James Chapman, the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in 1851, it was founded as a college and cathedral for the new Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon, modelled on British Public school tradition. An old boy of Eton College, Bishop Chapman founded the college on the Etonian model, the school's motto of Esto perpetua being derived from that of Eton College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of Ceylon</span>

The Church of Ceylon is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka. It is an extraprovincial jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who serves as its Metropolitan. It was established in 1845 with the appointment of the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, James Chapman and until 1950 it consisted of a single diocese; in that year a second diocese was established at Kurunegala.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa</span> Private school in Gurutalawa, Welimada, Sri Lanka

S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa is a private Christian school situated in Gurutalawa, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is an Anglican school administrated by the Church of Ceylon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Murugeysen Tiruchelvam</span>

Murugeysen Tiruchelvam, QC was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. Tiruchelvam was a leading lawyer having served as the Solicitor General of Ceylon; he served as the Cabinet Minister of Local Government as a member of Senate of Ceylon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Devaka Fernando</span> Sri Lankan physician and academic

Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.

Arittha R Wikramanayake is an attorney at law specialising in corporate law, securities law and trade law.

Deshamanya Elanga Devapriya Wikramanayake was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of Sri Lanka.

Eric D. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan conservationist.

Athula H. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan American developmental biologist and Professor at the University of Miami.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senerat Gunewardene</span>

Sir Senerat Gunewardene was a Sri Lankan lawyer, statesmen and diplomat. He was the first Minister without Portfolio, member of parliament and member of the State Council for Gampola, before serving in several top diplomatic posts such as Ceylon's Ambassador to Italy, Ceylon's Ambassador to the United States, where he was appointed concurrently as Ceylon's first Permanent Representative to United Nations and Ceylon's High Commissioner to United Kingdom.

Peri Sundaram, born Periannan Sundaram, was a Ceylonese lawyer, trade unionist and politician. He was the first Minister of Labour Industries and Commerce in the State Council of Ceylon and Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon.

Uda Walawwe Bernard Herbert Aluwihare also known as Bernard Aluwihare was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served in both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale. He became the Minister for Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs in Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet in 1960.

Reverend Canon Reginald Stewart de Saram MA (Oxon) OBE, Warden of S. Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia, was an educationist and clergyman known for services to education, as the co-founder of S. Thomas College, Gurutalawa, and for services to Ceylon in the Languages Commission.

William Rollo Lenden Hayman MA, DPhil (Oxon) MBE, Sub Warden of S. Thomas' College Mt Lavinia and Founder Headmaster of S Thomas' College Gurutalawa, was a teacher known for being a founder and benefactor to education in Sri Lankan Anglican Schools. He was appointed a MBE for his services to education.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shelton Ranaraja</span> Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and deputy minister

Shelton Ranaraja was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and deputy minister.

Siripala Samarakkody was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.

Galappatti Kankanange William Perera was a Ceylonese lawyer, educator, politician and diplomat.

References

  1. Thiedeman, Roger. "Plus". The Sunday Times . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. PODI SINGHO, Petitioner, and A. E. GOONESINHA, Respondent.
  3. "Tales of Thomian legal eagles .......page 14 The Old Boy 31.12.2006" (PDF). www.stcmloba.org. 2006-12-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  4. "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF CEYLON. Act Nos,29 of 1968" (PDF). www.customs.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-10.