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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.

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1891

Knight Bachelor
  • 1891 - Charles Henry de Soysa, JP, Industrialist and Philanthropist.

    • 1892

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1892 - Peter Daniel Anthonisz, , an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1897

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1897 - Frederick Richard Saunders CMG, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1901

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1901 - Francis Alfred Cooper, Esq., Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon
  • 1901 - Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, Esq., on retirement as Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon
    • Privy Council
  • 1901 - Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon
    • Knight Bachelor
  • 1901 - Archibald Campbell Lawrie, Esq., on retirement as Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

    • 1902

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1902 - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie FitzHardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1903

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1903 - Herbert Wace, Esq., Government Agent of the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1906

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1906 - Henry Leighton Crawford, Esq., Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

    • 1908

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1908 - Philip David Warren, Esq., Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1909

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1909 - Hugh Charles Clifford, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1911

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 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
  • 1913 - John George Fraser, Esq., Acting Government Agent, Western Province, Island of Ceylon.
  • 1913 - Leonard William Booth, Esq., Acting Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1914

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1914 - William Henry Jackson, Esq., lately Controller of Revenue of the Island of Ceylon.
  • 1914 - Reginald Edward Stubbs, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1916

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1916 - Bernard Senior, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

    • 1919

    Order of the British Empire
  • 1919 - Henry Lawson De Mel, Industrialist and Philanthropist.

    • 1920

    King's Police Medal (KPM)
  • 1920 - Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, Ceylon.

    • 1922

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1922 - Robert Bailey Hellings, Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

    • 1923

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1923 - Hilarion Marcus Fernando, MD, Member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1923 - Honorary Colonel Edward James Hayward, VD, formerly Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1923 - Edwin Evans, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1923 - Nevins Selvadurai, Principal of the Jaffna Hindu College, Jaffna, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.
  • 1923 - Sinnatamby Welayden, Chief Inspector, Vernacular Schools, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.

    • 1925

    Order of the British Empire
  • 1925 - James Peiris, JP, Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

    • 1929

    Order of the British Empire
  • 1929 - Thomas Edward Dutton, General Manager, Government Railway, Ceylon.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1929 -Louis Edmund Blaze, Founder and principal of Kingswood College, Kandy, in recognition of his services to Education.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1929 - Pattinihennedige Warnadipthia Kurukulasuriya Selestina Rodrigo Dias, for charitable services in Ceylon.
  • 1929 - Evelyn Storrs Karney. For child welfare work in the North Central Province of Ceylon.

    • 1931

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1931 - Chevalier Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, public and philanthropic services in Ceylon.

    • 1932

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1932 - Thomas Martland Ainscough, CBE, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1932 - Major John William Oldfield, OBE, Nominated Member of the State Council, Island of Ceylon. For public services.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1932 - Seemampillai Francis Chellappah, Senior Medical Officer of Health, Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1932 - Cissy Cooray. For social welfare services in Ceylon.
  • 1932 - Peter De Abrew. For services to education in Ceylon.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1932 - Lionel Bastiampillai Emmanuel, Office Assistant to the Director of Public Works, Ceylon.

    • 1935

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1935 - Thomas Forrest Garvin, Esq., lately Senior Puisne Judge, Ceylon

    • 1936

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1936 - Harold James Huxham, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1936 - Lieutenant-Colonel Percy John Parsons, ED, Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery, Ceylon Defence Force.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1936 - Ernest Wilfred Head, lately General Manager of the Government Railway, Ceylon.
  • 1936 - William Johnson Thornhill, MInstCE, lately Director of Public Works, Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1936 - Hilda Fowke, DSc. For social services in Ceylon.
  • 1936 - Gerald Percival Keuneman. For public services in Ceylon.

    • 1938

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1938 - Mohamed Macan Markar. For public services in Ceylon.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1938 - Ralph Marcus Meaburn Worsley, MC, Colonial Administrative Service, Officer of Class I, Ceylon Civil Service.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1938 - Lieutenant-Colonel Waldo Sansoni, VD, Officer Commanding, Ceylon Light Infantry.
    • Civil Division
  • 1938 - Isabella Hardie Curr, MBE LRCP LRCS, in charge of the McLeod Hospital for Women at Inuvil, near Jaffna, Ceylon.
  • 1938 - Allan Morley Spaar, Relief Works Officer, Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class II (Regimental Quarter Master-Sergeant) Harold Collingwood Bayne, Ceylon Army Service Corps.
  • 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major) George Noah David, Ceylon Medical Corps.
    • Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
  • 1938 - The Reverend John Stirling Morley Hooper, General Secretary of the Bible Society for India & Ceylon, Central Provinces & Berar.

    • 1939

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1939 - Guy Stanley Wodeman, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1939 - Arthur Marcelles De Silva, FRCS LRCP, Senior Surgeon, General Hospital, Ceylon.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1939 - Ammembal Vittal Pai, Indian Civil Service, Agent of the Government of India in Ceylon.
  • 1939 - Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachchi Amarasekara. For services to art in Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1939 - Lieutenant Henry Melville Cadman, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, Ceylon Defence Force.
  • 1939 - Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala. For social services in Ceylon.
  • 1939 - Ramanathar Sivagnanam. For public services in Ceylon.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1939 - Charles Vincent Gooneratne, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon.
  • 1939 - Joachim Joseph Jacob, Deputy Auditor General, Ceylon.
  • 1939 - Amnachalam Visvanadhan, Extra Office Assistant, Ceylon Civil Service.
    • Colonial Police Medal
  • 1939 - Habaragamuwage Thomas Peiris, Sergeant of Police, Ceylon.

    • 1941

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1941 - Sir Andrew Caldecott, KCMG CBE, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon.
    • Companion, (CMG)
  • 1941 - Charles Henry Collins, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1941 - Cissie Cooray, MBE, for social services in Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1941 - Duraiappa Rajaratnam. For social services in Ceylon.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1941 - William Theodore Loos, Office Assistant to the Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
  • 1941 - Mudaliyar Sinattampi Vallipuram, Assistant Settlement Officer, Ceylon.

    • 1942

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1942 - Robert Harry Drayton, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1942 - Lionel McDowall Robison, Colonial Education Service, Director of Education, Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1942 - Lieutenant-Colonel John Victor Collins, ED, Ceylon Garrison Artillery.
    Civil Division
  • 1942 - James Mervyn Fonseka, Legal Draftsman, Ceylon.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1942 - Major Neil Schokman, ED, Ceylon Engineers.
    Civil Division
  • 1942 - Mary Olive Marjorie Carter, Principal, School for Deaf & Blind, Ceylon.
  • 1942 - The Reverend Clarence Ebenezer Victor Nathanielsz, Charity Commissioner, Public Assistance Department, Colombo Municipality, Ceylon.
  • 1942 - Donald Obeyesekere. For public services in Ceylon.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1942 - Harold Pietersz William Melder, Office Assistant, Matale Kachcheri, Ceylon.
  • 1942 - James Cyril Wirekoon, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon.

    • 1946

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1946 - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Ceylonese civil servant (Declined)

    • 1951

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1951 - Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator.
  • 1951 - The Honourable Edward George Perera Jayetileke, KC, Chief Justice of Ceylon.
  • 1951 - Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, CBE KC, Senator.
  • 1951 - Razik Fareed, OBE, Senator.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1951 - Oswald Leslie De Kretser II. For public services. Lately Puisne Justice.
  • 1951 - Hethumuni Ayadoris De Silva, District Judge, Colombo.
  • 1951 - Ralph Henry Bassett, CBE, lately Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries.
  • 1951 - Henry William Howes, OBE PhD, Director of Education.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1951 - Brigadier the Right Honourable James Roderick, Earl of Caithness, DSO, Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon Army.
    • Civil Division
  • 1951 - J. N. Arumugam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Works.
  • 1951 - Abdon Ignatius Perera, OBE, Postmaster General and Director of Telecommunications.
  • 1951 - Alice Elizabeth Kotelawala, MBE. For social work and services to rural development.
  • 1951 - Sidney Arnold Pakeman, OBE MC ED, Member of Parliament. Previously Professor of Modern History and Economics, Ceylon University College.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1951 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canagana-Yagam, JP, Head Shroff, National Bank of India, Ltd., Kandy.
  • 1951 - Don Sam De Simon, LMS LRCP&S LRFP&S, Medical Superintendent, Leprosy Hospital, Hendala.
  • 1951 - David Shillingford Paynter. For public and social services.
  • 1951 - Conrad Boniface Peter Perera, Acting Settlement Officer, Land Settlement Department.
  • 1951 - Don William Rajapatirana, Commissioner of Income Tax, Estate Duty and Stamps.
  • 1951 - Sinnatamby Subramaniam, LMS LRCP&S LRFP&S. For medical and social services.
  • 1951 - Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala, MBE, Secretary to the Prime Minister.
  • 1951 - Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Bahda Bulankulame, MBE MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
  • 1951 - Gerald Samuel William de Saram, LMS MB BS MRCS LRCP, lately Judicial Medical Officer, Colombo.
  • 1951 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament for Buttala.
  • 1951 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.
  • 1951 - Oswald Phillip Rust, Managing Director, Darley Butler & Co. Ltd. For services to the Tea Commissioner.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1951 - Major Terence Richard Jansen, ED LMS LRCP&S LRFP&S, Ceylon Medical Corps.
  • 1951 - Captain (Quartermaster) Harold Erastue Pineo Vantwest, ED, Ceylon Volunteer Force.
  • 1951 - Captain (Quartermaster) Edward Charles Young, ED, 2nd (Volunteer) Coast Artillery Regiment, Ceylon Artillery.
  • 1951 - Regimental Sergeant-Major Rothschild Henry Salvador, 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry.
    • Civil Division
  • 1951 - Dinshah Pherojshah Bilimoria. For public services.
  • 1951 - Somadeva Casinathan, lately Rubber Commissioner and Rubber Controller.
  • 1951 - Mandawalagama Appuhamelage Gunasekera. For public and social services.
  • 1951 - Mohamed Ismail, Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives.
  • 1951 - Thanahandi David Mendis. For services to transport.
  • 1951 - Ahamado Casim Mohammado, JP, Proctor and Notary, Colombo.
  • 1951 - Swaminathar Patanjali. For public services in Jaffna.
  • 1951 - Aruwala Jotige Simon Perera. For public and charitable services.
  • 1951 - Victor Garvin Weerawardena Ratnayake, Member of Parliament for Deniyaya.
  • 1951 - Abdul Rahaman Mohamed Thassim. For public services in Galle.
  • 1951 - Joseph Nicholas Cecil Tiruchelvam, JP, City Coroner.
  • 1951 - Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA, Government Town Planner.
  • 1951 - John Arthur Amaratunge, Member, Gal Oya Development Board.
  • 1951 - Modestus Fernando Chandraratna, PhD, Botanist and Senior Agricultural Research Officer, Department of Agriculture.
  • 1951 - Rajakaruna Wanigasekara Mudiyariselage Ukku Banda Dedigama, Rate Mahatmaya (Chief Headman), Beligal Korale, Kegalle District.
  • 1951 - Dhanusekera Bandara Ellepola, Acting Director, Rural Development.
  • 1951 - Christogu Juan Fernandopulle. For public and social services in Chilaw District.
  • 1951 - Dunuwilagedera Haramanis Jayewickreme. For public and social services in Kandy.
  • 1951 - Roger Collin Kerr, Chairman, Toc H Club, Colombo.
  • 1951 - Abeyratne Cudah Leonard Ratwatte, Shroff, Mercantile Bank, Kandy.
  • 1951 - William Floris de Alwis Seneviratne. For public services in the Kalutara District.
  • 1951 - Samuel Muthuvaloe Tamby Raja. For public and social services in Matale District.
  • 1951 - Reginald Hugh Wickramasinghe, Controller of Establishments.
  • 1951 - John Wilson, Proctor of the Supreme Court.
  • 1951 - John Richard Wilson, MD BS MRCS LRCP, Visiting Physician, Tuberculosis Hospital, Welisara, and Consultant to the Chest Hospital, Ragama.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1951 - James Ernest Victor Peiris, lately Headmaster, Royal College.
  • 1951 - Jayakariyawasange Aloysius Leon Perera Wijewardene, Drawing Office Assistant, Public Works Department.
    • King's Police and Fire Services Medal
  • 1951 - William Thomas Brindley, Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

    • 1952

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1952 - V. Coomaraswamy CMG, Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
  • 1952 - Lalitha Abhaya Rajapakse KC , Minister of Justice.
  • 1952 - Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, CMG. For social services in Colombo.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1952 - Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen KC, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.
  • 1952 - William Arthur Edward Karunaratne OBE , Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1952 - George Claude Stanley Corea, Ambassador for Ceylon in the United States of America.
    • Commander, (CBE)
  • 1952 - James Aubrey Martensz, High Commissioner for Ceylon in Australia.
  • 1952 - Kenneth Morford, Manager, Mount Vernon Estate, Kotagala. For services to the tea industry.
  • 1952 - Senarath Paranavithana OBE, Archaeological Commissioner.
  • 1952 - David Frederick Ewen. For public and commercial services.
  • 1952 - Raja Hewavitarne, OBE, Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.
  • 1952 - Edward Wilmot Kannangara, OBE, lately Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Local Government.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1952 - Kurbanhusen Adamaly. For public and commercial services.
  • 1952 - Oliver Gerard D'Alwis. For social services in Kalutara.
  • 1952 - Egodage Richard De Silva, Principal, Richmond College, Galle.
  • 1952 - Warusahennedige Daniel Fernando MBE. For charitable and commercial services.
  • 1952 - Martin Arthur Wimala Goonesekera, lately Proctor of the Supreme Court.
  • 1952 - Hugh Theodore Rosslyn Koch MP. For services to the export trade.
  • 1952 - Senaipathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo, Senator. For social services in Colombo.
  • 1952 - Victor Emmanuel Perera Seneviratne , visiting Physician, General Hospital, Colombo.
  • 1952 - Rajakaruna Ekanayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Ukku Banda Unamboowe. For agricultural services in Kotmale.
  • 1952 - Lloyd Oscar Abeyaratne, MRCP, LMS, Medical Officer, Hospital for Women and Children, Colombo.
  • 1952 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, Commissioner of Co-operative Development.
  • 1952 - Elizabeth Eleanor de Zoysa Gunetilleke Rajapakse Gunasekera, MBE. For social services.
  • 1952 - Mahapitiyage Velin Peter Peiris, LRCP, FRCS, Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
  • 1952 - Herman Eric Peries, MBE, Acting Deputy Secretary, Treasury.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1952 - Major Harold Bracher, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
    • Civil Division
  • 1952 - Mannamarakkalage Venentius Edward Peter Cooray, Chairman of the Town Council, Wadduwa.
  • 1952 - Allan Bertram Demmer, Operating Superintendent, Ceylon Government Railway.
  • 1952 - Meerakuddy Mohamed Ebrahim MP. For public service in Pottuvil.
  • 1952 - Wilfred Gunasekera, Proctor, Matara.
  • 1952 - Don Johannes Kumarage, Principal, Rahula College, Matara.
  • 1952 - Lionel William Ratuwatte Kuruppu. Chairman, Panadura and Talpiti Baddas Village Committee.
  • 1952 - Segu Ismail Lebbe Marikar Abdul Caflfoor Marikar-Hadjiar. For social service in Kalutara.
  • 1952 - Bamunuaracihdhige Don Rampala, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Ceylon Government Railway.
  • 1952 - Margaret Jane Rhind Reid. For social services.
  • 1952 - V. Veerasingam, lately Principal, Manipay Hindu College, Manipay.
  • 1952 - Ramalingam Sivagurunather, Proctor & Notary, Jaffna.
  • 1952 - Elsie Ethel Winifred Solomons, District Inspector of Schools, Western Province.
  • 1952 - Robert Oolhagasagaram Buell, President, Association of YMCA. Secretaries of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
  • 1952 - Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva, Proctor of the Supreme Court. For social services in Kandy.
  • 1952 - Justin Aelian Fernando, LMS, Medical Practitioner, Colombo.
  • 1952 - Gladwin Conrad Hermon Kotalawela, Member of the Urban Council, Badulla. For social services in Uva Province.
  • 1952 - Edley Winston Mathew, Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda.
  • 1952 - Juanyidanrallage Don Paulus Perera, Principal, Lorenz College, Colombo.
  • 1952 - Vairavanathar Ponnambalam, For services to the co-operative movement in Jaffna.
  • 1952 - David Wanigasekere. For social services in Matara.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1952 - Maurice Leonard Classz, Salt Superintendent, Industries Department.
    • King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service
  • 1952 - Erroll Alexander Koelmeyer MBE, Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department.

    • 1953

    Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1953 - Ralph Norman Bond, Esq., O.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Information.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1953 - His Excellency Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
    • Commander, (CBE)
  • 1953 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Esq., O.B.E.. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
  • 1953 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., M.B.E., Senator.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1953 - Simon Reginald Gunewardene, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Medical Superintendent, State Home for the Aged, Koggala.
  • 1953 - Markandu Kanagasabay, Esq., General Manager, Ceylon Government Railway.
  • 1953 - Edwin Mendis Karunaratne, Esq., Proctor. For social services in Galle district.
  • 1953 - Sangarapully Sellamuttu, Esq., Member, Colombo Municipal Council.
  • 1953 - Sabapathipillai Albert Selvanayagam, Esq., M.B.E., Member, Batticaloa Urban Council.
  • 1953 - Charles Francis Whitaker, Esq., lately Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
  • 1953 - Chandradasa Wijesinghe, Esq., Planter. For social services in the Southern Province.
  • 1953 - Basil Henry William, Esq., Managing Director, High Level Road Bus Company Limited.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1953 - Lieutenant-Commander (S) Kenneth Maitand Martinus; Royal Ceylon Navy.
  • 1953 - Major Roy Douglas Jayetileke, Ceylon Army.
    • Civil Division
  • 1953 - Ella Marjorie, Mrs. Atkinson. For services to the encouragement of dancing.
  • 1953 - A. Arulpiragasam, Esq., Registrar-General.
  • 1953 - Lucien Noel Bartholomeusz, Esq., F.R.C.S., Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
  • 1953 - Al'Haj Mohamed Purvis Drahaman, Esq., Medical Practitioner. For services to the Malay Community.
  • 1953 - Peter Frederick Alwis 'Goonetileka, Esq., Proctor. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
  • 1953 - Sago Sudhira Jayawickrama, Esq. For services to cricket.
  • 1953 - Don Wilfred Richard Kahawita, Esq., Designs Engineer in Charge, Designs and Research Sections, Irrigation Department.
  • 1953 - Wimala Irene, Mrs. Kannangara, District Representative, Kegalla District, Lanka Malhila Samiti Movement.
  • 1953 - George Keyt, Esq., Artist.
  • 1953 - Vitarana Simon Nanayakkara, Esq., Assistant Municipal Treasurer, Colombo, Municipal Council.
  • 1953 - Edward Ashley Peries, Esq., Crown Proctor, Kegalla.
  • 1953 - Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde, Esq., Member of Parliament for Horowupotana.
  • 1953 - A. B. Rajendra, Esq., Senator.
  • 1953 - M. Srikantha, Esq., Director, Land Development Department.

    • 1954

    Viscount
  • 1954 - The Right Honourable Herwald, Baron Soulbury, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, Governor-General of Ceylon.
    • Knight Bachelor
  • 1954 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., CBE, Senator. For social services.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1954 - Gunasena de Soyza, OBE, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1954 - The Honourable Kalutaravedage Deepal Susantha de Fonseka, Statesmen and Ambassador.
  • 1954 - The Honourable Pattiya Pathirannahalage Albert Frederick Peries, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    • Commander, (CBE)
  • 1954 - Alexander Nicholas D'Albrew Abeyesinghe, MBE, Member of Parliament for Negombo. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
  • 1954 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando. For social services.
  • 1954 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, OBE, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.
  • 1954 - H. de Z. Siriwardana, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1954 - Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, ED, Ceylon Army Medical Corps.
    • Civil Division
  • 1954 - A. Arulpiragasam, MBE, Government Agent, North Western Province.
  • 1954 - Homi Framjee Billimoria, MBE, Chief Architect, Public Works Department.
  • 1954 - Jayasuriya Aratchige Edward Mathew de Saram, MBE. For social services.
  • 1954 - Santiago Wilson de Silva, MBE, Deputy Inspector General of Police.
  • 1954 - James Lamb, Director, Tea Research Institute of Ceylon.
  • 1954 - Pararajasingham Nadesan, Director of Civil Aviation and Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister.
  • 1954 - Hanwedige Henry Oliver Waitson Peiris. For services to Commerce.
  • 1954 - John Marcus Senaveratna, MBE. For services to the study of the history of Ceylon.
  • 1954 - G. P. Tambayah, Government Agent, Western Province.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1954 - Major Bertram Lucien Seneviratne, Ceylon Light Infantry.
    • Civil Division
  • 1954 - Cyril Herbert Sooriaarachchi Amarasekera, Flying Instructor, Civil Aviation Department.
  • 1954 - Don Edmund Amarasekera, Chairman, Village Committee, Udugaha Pattu, Kalutara District.
  • 1954 - Leon Louis Attygalle, Municipal Treasurer, Colombo Municipality.
  • 1954 - Mohamed Falil Abdul Caffoor. For services to Commerce.
  • 1954 - Gerald Henry Cooray, MD, MRCS, Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.
  • 1954 - Neville Joseph Louis Jansz, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.
  • 1954 - Don Edward Victor Wanniarachchige Jayamanne, Actor and Producer.
  • 1954 - Don Timothy John Jayesinghe. For services to Commerce.
  • 1954 - Walatara Acharige David Silva Karunaratne. For charitable services.
  • 1954 - Nobel Irene Kiriella. For social services.
  • 1954 - G. H. P. Leembruggen, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Traffic).
  • 1954 - Salebhoy Husainbhoy Moosajee. For services to Commerce.
  • 1954 - Anton Wickremasinghe. For services to Commerce.
  • 1954 - Sarah Laurencina Wijesinghe. For charitable services.
    • British Empire Medal
  • 1954 - Jayalath Yakkalamullage Ebert de Silva, Electrical Foreman, Department of Government Electrical Undertakings.
  • 1954 - Fitzroy Valentine Pinto Jayawardena, Acting Chief Welfare Officer, Ministry of Transport and Works.
  • 1954 - Murugupillai Navaratnasamy, Agricultural Instructor, Department of Agriculture.

    • 1955

    Knight Bachelor
  • 1955 - The Honourable Cyril De Zoysa, President of the Senate.
  • 1955 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando, CBE. For public services.
  • 1955 - S. Pararajasingam. For services to Agriculture.
    • Order of St Michael and St George
  • 1955 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, KBE, QC. For political and public services.
  • 1955 - The Honourable Sir Alan Edward Percival Rose, QC, Chief Justice.
    • Companion, (CMG)
  • 1955 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, OBE, Chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment.
    • Order of the British Empire
  • 1955 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canaganayagam, OBE. For public services.
  • 1955 - Victor Manuel De Mel. For services to Commerce.
  • 1955 - Adeline, Lady Molamure, OBE, Deputy President of the Senate.
    • Officer, (OBE)
  • 1955 - Commander Adalbert Vance Frugtniet, VRD, Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force.
  • 1955 - Lieutenant Colonel Rasanayagam Sabanayagam, MBE, ED, Ceylon Cadet Corps.
    • Civil Division
  • 1955 - The Reverend James Cartman, Education Officer, Office of the Ceylon High Commissioner in London.
  • 1955 - Hewananarachchige Ivan Tiddy Dasanaike, Member of Parliament for Wariyapola. For political services.
  • 1955 - Theodore Alexander Dunuwille, Crown Advocate, Kandy.
  • 1955 - Douglas St. Clive Budd Janszé, Acting Solicitor-General.
  • 1955 - Nanayakkara Atulugamage Stephen de Silva Jayasinghe, Member of Parliament for Wellawatte-Galkissa. For political services.
  • 1955 - Ramachandran Alaghoopillai Nadesan. For public services.
  • 1955 - Kanahala Bandaralage Lawrence Perera. For services to Transport.
  • 1955 - M. Srikantha, MBE, Government Agent, Northern Province.
  • 1955 - Abdul Rahuman Mphamed Thassim, MBE. For public services in Galle.
    • Member, (MBE)
  • 1955 - Captain Ceada Felix Fernando, Ceylon Artillery.
  • 1955 - Captain Weerawarnasuriya Patabendige Jinadasa Silva, Ceylon Army.
    • Civil Division
  • 1955 - Ethel De Kretser, Matron, Central Hospital.
  • 1955 - Walter Harris De Kretser. For services to Commerce.
  • 1955 - Talpe Gamage Bernard De Silva, Government Printer.
  • 1955 - Debramandadige Jason Fernando, Managing Director, Jason Fernando & Sons Ltd.
  • 1955 - Oliver Phoenix Charles Baden-Powell Forbes, Deputy Controller of Establishments, General Treasury.
  • 1955 - Jack McLennan Godefroy, Assistant Manager, Firestone (Ceylon) Ltd, Colombo.
  • 1955 - Maganlal Kuberdas Kapadia. For services to Commerce.
  • 1955 - Joachim Rosario Machado. For services to Commerce.
  • 1955 - Carthigasu Nadesan, Chief (Guarantee) Shroff, Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., Colombo.
  • 1955 - Sundaram Pathmanathan, Shroff, Imperial Bank of India Ltd., Colombo.
  • 1955 - Titus Walter Perera. For political services.
  • 1955 - Muthiahpillai Rajendram. For services to Commerce.
  • 1955 - Donald Jasen Ranaweera. For public services.
  • 1955 - David Robert Waller, Manager, Building & Construction Department, Walker Sons & Company Ltd., Colombo.
  • 1955 - Don Fredrick Wijenarayana. For public services in Galle.
    • Imperial Service Order
  • 1955 - Edgar Alexander Van der Straaten, Shipping Master, Customs Department.
    • British Empire Medal
  • 1955 - Malcolm Hugh Jayasekera, Sub-Inspector, Ceylon Police Force.
  • 1955 - Daniel Sepala Seneviratne Jayatilake, Officer-in-Charge, Police Central Garage.
  • 1955 - Vidane Aratchilage Peter Linus Jayawardena, Stenographer, Higher Grade, Department of the Prime Minister.
  • 1955 - Edmund Henry Vernon Joseph, Chief Clerk, Cabinet Office.

    • 1956

    Order of the British Empire
  • 1956 - Dudley Atherton Wilson, until recently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Fraser Memorial Nursing Home, Colombo, Ceylon.

    • References

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