Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal OM,often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal,is a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General,holding the position from 1975 to 1990. He was also the foreign minister of Guyana from 1972 to 1975,and assistant attorney general of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.
Hugh Mackintosh Foot,Baron Caradon was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus.
Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole,CMG OBE was a Sierra Leonean politician. He served as Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone for 1 day in 1971. Cole was appointed officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965 for "Public services as minister without portfolio" and inducted as a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1973.
Sir Frederick Geoffrey Shedden was an Australian public servant who served as Secretary of the Department of Defence from 1937 to 1956.
Gunasena de Soyza,CMG,OBE was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence before appointment as Ceylon's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Sir Arthur Godwin Ranasinha,CMG,CBE,CCS was a Sri Lankan civil servant and statesmen. A career civil servant in the Ceylon Civil Service,he served as Secretary to the Treasury,Cabinet Secretary and Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon before apportionment as a Cabinet Minister and Senator. He had also served as Ceylon's Ambassador to Italy.
Mahapitiyage Velin Peter Peiris,OBE,LRCP,FRCS,was a Ceylonese orthopaedic surgeon and politician.
Sir Henry Ashley Clarke was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Italy. Later he was chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund.
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.
Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat,currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India;he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
Catherine Nettleton is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru,ambassador to Venezuela,and UK Representative in Taiwan.
The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the King,and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 2 June 1950 for the British Empire,Australia,Ceylon and New Zealand.
Francis Raymond Baker is a British diplomat and civil servant who was Ambassador to Libya from February 2018 to April 2019. He was Ambassador to Kuwait from 2010 to 2014,and Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2017.
Major John William Oldfield,was a prominent figure in the commercial and public life in Ceylon,serving as the chairman of the Ceylon Planters' Association between 1924 and 1925,an appointed member of the State Council of Ceylon in 1931 and as an appointed member of the first Parliament of Ceylon in 1947.
Brigadier Christopher Allan Hector Perera Jayawardena was a Ceylonese forest conservator and military officer. He was a Senior Assistant Conservator of Forests,Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II,Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association.
Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala,was a Ceylonese civil servant. He was the Permanent Secretary to the Governor General of Ceylon and Prime Minister of Ceylon.
Pararajasingam "Park" Nadesan,was a Ceylonese civil servant. He was the Secretary to the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
Benjamin Franklin Perera,CMG,OBE,CCS (1901-19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat. He was the Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Home Affairs. He was Ceylon's Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1968-1969),Ceylon's Ambassador to West Germany (1961-1965),Ceylon's High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand (1958-1961) and Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1956-1958).
Ralph St. Louis Pieris Deraniyagala,was Ceylonese lawyer and civil servant. He was the former Clerk to the House of Representatives (1947–1964) and Clerk of the State Council.
Simon Shercliff is a British diplomat,and Ambassador to Iran.
