List of Royal College Colombo alumni

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This is a list of alumni of Royal College Colombo, Sri Lanka, often called "Old Royalists".

Prominent figures in the Independence Movement

Anagarika Dharmapala - Buddhist revivalist and leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement

Sir James Peiris, JP - prominent political leader, first Vice President of the Legislative Council and the first Ceylonese Acting Governor. (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Fredrick Richard Senanayake - leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement and member of Legislative Council of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

E. W. Perera "Lion of Kotte" - Freedom fighter, Senator, member of Legislative Council and State Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - prominent political leader, Solicitor General of Ceylon and first member to be elected to the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Civil servants)

Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - prominent political leader of Ceylon, member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Charles Edgar Corea - prominent leader in the independence movement, Member of the Legislative Council and President of the Ceylon National Congress (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Captain Henry Pedris, CTG - prominent figure executed by the British

Charles Alwis Hewavitharana, FRCS - prominent leader in the independence movement (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Armand de Souza - leading editorialist who campaigned for democratization of the legislature

Current

National Government benches

Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP - Prime Minister and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Heads of State & Government)

Mangala Samaraweera, MP - Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament

Ravi Karunanayake, MP - Cabinet Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament

Lakshman Kiriella, MP - Cabinet Minister of Highways, Leader of the House and Member of Parliament

Sajith Premadasa, MP - Cabinet Minister of Housing and Construction and Member of Parliament

D. M. Swaminathan, MP - Cabinet Minister of Resettlement and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Provincial Governors)

Rauff Hakeem, MP - Cabinet Minister of City Planning and Water Management and Member of Parliament

Gayantha Karunathilaka, MP - Cabinet Minister of Media and Parliament Rehabilitation and Member of Parliament

Duminda Dissanayake, MP - Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament

Naween Dissanayake, MP - Cabinet Minister of Plantations and Member of Parliament

Kabir Hashim, MP - Cabinet Minister of Public Enterprise Development and Member of Parliament

Sagala Ratnayaka, MP - Cabinet Minister of Southern Development and Member of Parliament

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MP - Cabinet Minister of Power and Renewable Energy and Member of Parliament

Piyankara Jayaratne, MP - State Minister of Law and Order and Member of Parliament

Mohan Lal Grero, MP - State Minister of University Education and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Educationalists)

Dilan Perera, MP - State Minister of Highways and Member of Parliament

Eran Wickramaratne, MP - Deputy Minister of State entrepreneurship and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Industrialists)

Harsha de Silva, MP - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament

Faiszer Musthapha, MP - former State Minister of Minister of & Member of Parliament

Harshana Rajakaruna, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Imran Maharoof, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Kavinda Jayawardena, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Malik Samarawickrama, MP - Current Member of Parliament - Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade

Mayantha Dissanayake, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Opposition benches

Dinesh Gunawardena, MP - former Cabinet Minister of National Water Supply and current Member of Parliament

Arumugam Thondaman, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development & current Member of Parliament

Mahindananda Aluthgamage, MP - former Cabinet Minister of Sports and current Member of Parliament

Anuradha Jayaratne, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Kanchana Wijesekera, MP - Current Member of Parliament

M. A. Sumanthiran, MP - Current Member of Parliament

Former

Post-Independence

Sir Frank Gunasekera - Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon

E.W.Perera - Senator, member of the State Council and the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)

E. B. Wikramanayake, QC - former Senator and Cabinet Minister of Justice

A. P. Jayasuriya - former Senator, Cabinet Minister of Health and Member of Parliament

Sarath Wijesinghe - former Senator, Cabinet Minister of Nationalised Services and Senator

Justin Kotalawela - former Senator & Member of the State Council

Somasundaram Nadesan, QC - former Senator (note: - Also listed in Lawyers)

V.R. Schockman - former Senator (note: - Also listed in Mayors, Sportsmen and sports administrators)

R.S.V. Poulier, CBE, CCS - former Senator and Member of Parliament

C. Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Senator (note: - Also listed in Civil servants, Diplomats)

Lalith Athulathmudali, PC - former Cabinet Minister of National Security & Defence, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education & Member of Parliament

Anura Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Industry, Investment & National Heritage, Leader of the Opposition & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Heads of legislature)

Major E. A. Nugawela, CLI - former Cabinet Minister of Education (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council

Cathiravelu Sittampalam, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament

Abeyratne Ratnayaka - former Cabinet Minister of Food and Cooperatives (of the first cabinet 1947), Member of Parliament & State Council

Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs, Justice & Member of Parliament

Deshamanya Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Cabinet Minister of Education, Higher Education & Justice & Member of Parliament(note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Colvin R de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs & Member of Parliament

Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Viceregal, Diplomats)

Anil Moonesinghe - former Cabinet Minister of Communications, Deputy Speaker & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Pieter Keuneman - former Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government & Member of Parliament

Cyril Mathew - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs & Member of Parliament

Stanly de Zoysa - former Cabinet Minister of Finance & Member of Parliament

Ranjit Atapattu - former Cabinet Minister of Health & Member of Parliament

C.V. Gunaratne - former Cabinet Minister Industrial of Development & Member of Parliament

R.G. Senanayake - former Cabinet Minister of Trade & Member of Parliament holding two concurrent seats from two continuances

Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP - former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Deputy Speaker, Member of Parliament, the Senate & the State Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

P.B. Bulankulama Dissawa - former Minister of Lands & Member of Parliament

Milinda Moragoda - former Cabinet Minister of Justice and Law Reforms & Member of Parliament

Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere III - former Acting Cabinet Minister of Health, Finance, and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Aviation)

Gamini Jayasuriya - former Cabinet Minister of Health, Agriculture Development & Member of Parliament

Indika Gunawardena - former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries & Member of Parliament

George Rajapakse - former Cabinet Minister of Fisheries & Member of Parliament

P. B. Bulankulame Dissava - former Cabinet Minister of Land, Land Development and Member of Parliament

Mano Wijeyeratne - former Minister of Plantation Services, Non-Cabinet Minister of Enterprise Development & Member of Parliament

Susil Moonesinghe - former Chief Minister of the Western Provincial Council & Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Local government & Diplomats)

T. B. Panabokke - former Deputy Minister of Justice & Agriculture and Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sagala Ratnayaka - former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy & Member of Parliament

Wijaya Dahanayake - former Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament

Mangala Moonesinghe - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

H. Sri Nissanka, KC - former Member of Parliament and one of the founders of the SLFP (note: - Also listed in Lawyers)

Walwin de Silva, CCS - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Neelan Thiruchelvam - former Member of Parliament

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam - former Member of Parliament

Wilmot A. Perera - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar - former Member of Parliament

Arthur de Zoysa - former Member of Parliament

J. A. Martenze - former Member of Parliament (note: - Also listed in Industrialists and corporate executives)

Tissa Kapukotuwa - former Member of Parliament

Murugesu Balasunderam - former Member of Parliament

Gladwin Kotelawala, MBE - former Member of Parliament

Sajin Vass Gunawardena - former Member of Parliament

Tiran Alles - former Member of Parliament

Mohamed Latheef - former Member of the Maldivian Parliament

Pre-Independence

Sir James Peiris, JP - Vice President of the Legislative Council and first Ceylonese Acting Governor. (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)

Sir Richard Morgan - first Ceylonese member of the Governor's Executive Council and Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges)

Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, CCS - member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)

Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, KCMG, KC - member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement & Civil Servants)

Sir Marcus Fernando, FRCP - member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG - former Minister Home Affaires of the State Council and member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sir Bandara Panabokke Adigar - First Minister of Health in the State Council and a member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sir Forester Obeysekera - Speaker of the State Council and a member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Heads of legislature)

Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - Deputy Speaker of the State Council (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike - former acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and first Ceylonese Barrister (note: - Also listed in Judges)

Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy - former Member of the Legislative Council

Sir Henry de Mel, CBE - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Industrialists)

F. R. Senanayake - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)

Colonel T. G. Jayewardene, JP, CLI - former Member of the State Council (note: - Also listed in Military)

Donald Obeyesekere - former Member of the State Council & the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Sportsmen and sports administrators)

S.C. Obeysekara, Jnr - former Member of the State Council & the Legislative Council

Justice Sir Thomas Garvin, KC - former ex-officio Member of the Legislative Council(note: - Also listed in Judges & Lawyers)

Justice Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges & Lawyers)

C.E. Corea - former Member of the Legislative Council, President of the Ceylon National Congress (1924) (note: - Also listed in Prominent figures in the Independence Movement)

Charles Ambrose Lorensz - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges)

T M Sabaratnam - former Member of the Legislative Council

James De Alwis - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Poets)

K. Balasingam - former Member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council

J. R. Weinman - former Member of the Legislative Council (note: - Also listed in Judges)

A. J. R. de Soysa - former Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon

Judiciary

Chief Justices

Miliani Sansoni - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Parinda Ranasinghe - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Mohan Peiris, PC - former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (note: - Lawyers)

Acting Chief Justices

Sir Richard Morgan - former Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike - former Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and first Ceylonese Barrister (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Thomas Garvin, KC - former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Legislators and Lawyers)

C. Nagalingam, KC - former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Viceregal)

S. W. B. Wadugodapitiya, PC - former Acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court

Sir Thomas De Sampayo, KC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Weeramantry - former Vice President and Judge of the International Court of Justice, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: - Legislators & Lawyers)

Saleem Marsoof, PC - Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Fiji

Oswald Leslie De Kretser II, CMG - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Oswald Leslie De Kretser III - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

Arthur Eric Keuneman, KC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

V. M. Fernando - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

T. S. Fernando, QC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon (note: - Lawyers)

F. H. B. Koch, QC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

V. Manicavasagar - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon & Chancellor of the University of Jaffna

C. V. Vigneswaran, PC - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Provincial Councilors)

Asoka Wijetunga - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

P. Edussuriya - former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Anil Goonaratne - current Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Judges of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

Siva Selliah - former Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

Eric Basnayake - former Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka and the Court of Appeal of Fiji

K. T. Chitrasiri - Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

Other Judges

Sarath Ambepitiya - former Judge of the High Court of Colombo

J. R. Weinman - former District Judge of Colombo (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Charles Ambrose Lorensz - former District Judge, Acting Queen's Advocate (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Journalists)

Dhammika Kitulgoda - District Judge (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Diplomats

Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the UN, New York and High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Deshamanya Gamani Corea - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Sri Lankan Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Deshamanya Vernon L. B. Mendis, SLOS - former United Nation's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Canada; Ambassador to USSR, Cuba and Secretary General of the Non Aligned Movement

Rodney Vandergert, SLOS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China & USSR and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (note: - Also listed in Public commissions & Corporations)

Wilhelm Woutersz, SLOS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China, Italy & Yugoslavia

Esala Weerakoon, SLOS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Norway

Lal Jayawardena - Second Vice-Chairman of the Group of 24, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands(note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

John De Saram - former Director of the Office of the Legal Counsel, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, Member of the International Law Commission and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, New York (note: - Also listed in Lawyers)

Susantha De Alwis, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea and Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Ceylon to the UN, Geneva.

Yogendra Duraiswamy, SLOS - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States, China, Italy

Neville Jansz, CCS - former Ceylon's Ambassador to Australia (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

C. Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Ceylon's High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Legislators, Civil Servants)

Sir Susantha de Fonseka, KBE - former Ambassador to Japan and Burma (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP - High Commissioner to Pakistan (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva - former High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Sir Bandara Panabokke Adigar - former Representative of the Government of Ceylon in India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle, MVO, CLI - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (note: - Also listed in Military)

General T. I. Weerathunga, VSV, ndc, SLLI - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (note: - Also listed in Military)

General Jagath Jayasuriya, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC - Current Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil (note: - Also listed in Military)

Admiral Thisara S.G. Samarasinghe, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, DISS, MNI, SLN - Sri Lankan High Commissioner designate to Australia (note: - Also listed in Military)

Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba (note: - Also listed in Military)

Ana Seneviratne (IGP) - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia (note: - Also listed in Police)

T. B. Panabokke - former High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Tyronne Fernando, PC - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Wilmot A. Perera - first Ceylonese Ambassador to China

Anil Moonesinghe - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Austria and Ambassador/Permanent Representative the UN, Geneva (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Mangala Moonesinghe - former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Susil Moonesinghe - former Ambassador to Iran (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Wickrema Weerasooria - former High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Ernest Corea - Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Canada (note: - Also listed in Media personalities & Journalist)

Daya Perera, PC - Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and former Ambassador to the United Nations

Deshamanya Neville Kanakeratne - Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to India (note: - Also listed in Viceregal)

Oliver Weerasinghe, FRIBA - Sri Lanka's former Ambassador to the United States (note: - Also listed in Architects)

Hemantha Warnakulasuriya, PC - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Italy

Tissa Wijeyeratne - Sri Lankan Ambassador to France, Switzerland and UNESCO, Senior Advisor (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister & Additional Secretary to Ministry of External Affairs and Defence

Omer Kamil - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran (note: - Also listed in Mayors)

T. D. S. A. Dissanayake - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia, Egypt & prominent Sri Lankan diplomat in the UN

S. J. Walpita, CCS - former Ceylon's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. (note: - Also listed in Civil servants)

Civil servants

Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Health (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Deshamanya C.A. Coorey, SLAS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury

Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs.

Lal Jayawardena - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury and founding Director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Lalith Weeratunga, SLAS - current Permanent Secretary to the President

Deshamanya Gamani Corea - former Secretary-General of the UNCTD (1974–1984), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Nissanka Wijeyeratne, CCS - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, Transport and Cultural Affairs (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

A. S. Jayawardene - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington D.C

Bernard Peiris, OBE, JP - former Cabinet Secretary

H. C. Goonewardene, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs

S. J. Walpita, CCS - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries & Fisheries and Vice-Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Walwin de Silva, CCS - former Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Colombo and Director of Education. (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Charitha Ratwatte - former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury, Ministry of Youth Affairs

Wickrema Weerasooria - former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation and current Insurance Ombudsman (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Arjuna Mahendran - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Corporate Executives)

Indrajit Coomaraswamy - current Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and former Director Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat

Nihal Seneviratne - former Secretary General of Parliament (1981–1994) and parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister

Dhammika Kitulgoda - Secretary General of Parliament (1999–2002, 2008–2012 ), Secretary to the Parliamentary Council and former District Judge (note: - Also listed in Judges)

Dhammika Dasanayake - current Secretary General of Parliament

Vernon Abeysekera, CCS - former Postmaster General and Director of Radio Ceylon.

Neville Jansz, CCS - Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and Defence (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

C. Coomaraswamy, CCS - former Registrar General and Government Agent (note: - Also listed in Legislators, Diplomats)

Victor Gunasekara, CCS - former Controller of Imports Exports and Government Agent of Kegalle

Aubrey Neil Weinman, OBE - First Superintendent (Director) of the Colombo Zoological Gardens

Captain Cyril Nicholas, MC, KRR - first Warden of the Wild Life Department (note: - Also listed in Military)

R.G. Anthonisz, ISO, JP - first Government Archivist

Gamini Iriyagolla, SLAS - former Presidential adviser

Donald Rutnam - Deputy Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar and member of the Indian Civil Service (note: - Also listed in Sportsmen)

Academics

Sir Nicholas Attygalle, FRCS - former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Dean Faculty of Medicine & Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (note: - Also listed in Legislators & Medicine)

Vidya Jyothi E.O.E. Pereira - former Vice Chancellor of University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and Founder of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya

C.L.V. Jayathilake - former Chancellor of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, former Vice Chancellor of University of Peradeniya & Emeritus Professor

Hema Ellawala - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Emeritus Professor of History & Sociology

Muhammad Monty Cassim - Vice Chancellor and Professor of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

M.J.S.Wijeratne - Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya

Susirith Mendis - Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna and Senior Professor of Physiology

Deshamanya R. K. W. Goonesekera, PC - former Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, Professor of Law, Ahmadu Bello University and former Principal of the Sri Lanka Law College

Vidya Jyothi T. Nadaraja - former Chancellor of the University of Jaffna, Professor and the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ceylon

T. Varagunam, FRCP - Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka

Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake - former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Professor of Computer Science and Founder of University of Colombo School of Computing

Vidya Jyothi Osmund Jayaratne - former President of the Colombo Campus, University of Sri Lanka (now University of Colombo), Emeritus Professor of Physics and left wing politician.

Chandre Dharma-wardana - former President of the Vidyodaya Campus, University of Ceylon, (now University of Sri Jayewardenepura) currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal

K. Kailasapathy - first president of the Jaffna Campus, University of Sri Lanka

V. Sivalingam - Founder of Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya and first Professor of Parasitology in the University of Ceylon

S.R. Kottegoda - former Dean and Professor of the Medical Faculty, University of Colombo, and National Coordinator, Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health

Sanath Lamabathusooriya, MBE - former Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Colombo and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Vidya Jyothi Janaka de Silva - Senior Professor of Medicine and Former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, and Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

Vidya Jyothi A. W. Mailvaganam - former Dean of Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon

S. Mahalingam - former Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Peradeniya and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Ajith P. Madurapperuma - Former Dean and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa

Sunitha Wickramasinghe, FRCP - Deputy Dean of the Imperial College School of Medicine and Professor of Haematology

David de Kretser, AC, KStJ - former Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University (note: - Also listed in Viceregal)

Michael Dias Bandaranaike, QC - Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Cambridge; Director of Studies and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Vidya Jyothi Chandra Wickramasinghe, FIMA, FRAS, FRSA - Professor of Applied Mathematics & Astronomy at Cardiff University and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology

K. N. Seneviratne - Professor of Medicine and founder director of Sri Lanka's Postgraduate Institute of Medicine

Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar, FRCP - first Professor of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.

Saman Kelegama - Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and former President of the Sri Lanka Economic Association

K. N. Jayatilleke - Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ceylon and Professor of Philosophy

Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera - Professor and Head of the Buddhist and Pail Faculty of the University of Kelaniya (note: - Also listed in Prelates)

Rohan Abeyaratne - Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanics and CEO/Director of the SMART Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nalin Kulatilaka - Wing Tat Lee Family Professor of Management and Research Director of Institute for Leading in a Dynamic Economy, Boston University

Gihan Wikramanayake - Professor of Computer Science and Director, University of Colombo School of Computing

Janek Ratnatunga - former Head of the School of Commerce, University of South Australia and Professor of Accounting

Vidya Jyothi Rezvi Sheriff - Senior Professor of Medicine & Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

Kumaraswamy "Vela" Velupillai - Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Trento

Milroy Paul, MRCP, FRCS - first Professor of Surgery, Ceylon Medical College and co-founder International College of Surgeons.

Lakshman Marasinghe - Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Windsor (note: - Also listed in Public commissions & corporations)

Saman Gunatilake, FRCP, FCCP - Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Nalin de Silva - Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Kelaniya

A. Suri Ratnapala - Professor of Law, T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

Nihal Jayawickrama - former Professor of Law at University of Hong Kong and Ariel F Sallows Professor of Human Rights at University of Saskatchewan (note: - Also listed in lawyers)

D. N. Samarasekera, FRCS - Professor of Surgery, Head of the Department of Surgery, University of Colombo

R. K. W. Goonesekera - Professor of Law, Ahmadu Bello University

Asantha Cooray - Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine and a leading researcher in the field of Cosmology and theoretical astrophysics

Brendon Gooneratne - Head and Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (note: - Also listed in Authors)

Chandima Gomes - Professor of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Head of the Centre for Electromagnetic and Lightning Protection Malaysia

Sports administrators

V.R. Schockman - First President of the Ceylon Olympic and Empire Games Association (current National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka) (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Donald Obeyesekere - former President of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Eddie Grey - former Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon (note: - Also listed in Police)

A. E. Christffelaz- former President of the Board of Control for Cricket (1950 - 1952)

Major General B.R. Heyn, idc, psc, CLI - former President of the Board of Control for Cricket (1976 - 1978) & Ceylon cricketer (note: - Also listed in Military)

Vijaya Malalasekera - Chairman, Interim Committee for the Board of Control for Cricket (note: - Also listed in Corporate executives)

Tambyah Murugaser - former Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket & Sri Lanka team manager

Ranjan Madugalle - current Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council

Ajith C. S. Perera - former Sri Lankan cricket Umpire & qualified scorer (note: - Also listed in Activists)

Maiya Gunasekara - former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain & former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) (note: - Also listed in Medicine)

Old Royalists in fiction

Many fictional characters have been described as Old Royalist. These include:

Carlaboy von Bloss from the novel Once Upon a Tender Time.

Allan from the novel (later made into a film) Kaliyugaya.

Malin from the novel (later made into a film) Yuganthaya.

Mithra Dias from the novel The Giniralla Conspiracy.

The revolutionary Kumudu Prasanna from the novel The Giniralla Conspiracy.

Janendra "Janu" Samarawickrama from the novel There is Something I Have to Tell You.

References

List of Royal College Colombo alumni Wikipedia

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