High Commissioner for Ceylon to the United Kingdom
In office 1951–1954
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
D. S. Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake
Sir John Kotelawala
Preceded by
Oliver Goonetilleke
Succeeded by
Claude Corea
High Commissioner for Ceylon to India
In office 1955–1957
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Sir John Kotelawala, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Preceded by
C. Coomaraswamy
Succeeded by
Richard Aluwihare
Personal details
Born
Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne
(1889-01-08)8 January 1889
Died
19 October 1968(1968-10-19) (aged 79)
Nationality
Ceylonese
Political party
United National Party
Spouse
Leela née Pethiyagoda
Children
Tissa
Nissanka
Manel
Cuda
Occupation
lawyer, politician, diplomat
Profession
Advocate
Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera WijeyeratneKBE (Sinhala: ශ්රිමත් එඩ්වින් ඇලෝසියස් පෙරේරා විජයරත්න) (8 January 1889 – 19 October 1968), known as Edwin Wijeyeratne, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, diplomat,[2] and one of the founding members of the Ceylon National Congress and the United National Party. He was a Senator and Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. He thereafter he served as Ceylonese High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ceylonese High Commissioner to India[3][4]
^Former Ministers, Ministry of Home Affairs. Official Website, Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 2 October 2018.
^Page 153 - Of a Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches. Of a Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches By Gopal Gandhi.
^Page 96 - J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka - a political biography / Vol.1, 1906-1956. J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka - a political biography / Vol.1, 1906-1956 by K. M. De Silva, William Howard Wriggins ISBN 0824811836 9780824811839
^VOTE OF CONDOLENCE Dr. NISSANKA WIJEYERATNE: Sri Lanka Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) on Friday, 10th June, 2011
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