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Hon. Sir
Harry Dias Bandaranaike
Acting Chief Justice of Ceylon
In office 9 January 1888 – 5 June 1888
Appointed by
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
Preceded by
Bruce Burnside
Succeeded by
Bruce Burnside
In office 1 October 1879 – 12 October 1879
Appointed by
James Robert Longden
Preceded by
Richard Cayley
Succeeded by
Richard Cayley
28th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
In office 5 July 1879 – 1892
Appointed by
James Robert Longden
Acting Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
In office 1876–1876
Appointed by
William Henry Gregory
Personal details
Born
(1822-08-22)22 August 1822
Died
24 June 1901(1901-06-24) (aged 78)
Nationality
Ceylonese
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
Justice Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike (22 August 1822 - 24 June 1901) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister and judge. He was the first Sinhalese and native acting Chief Justice and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He was an Unofficial Member of Legislative Council of Ceylon.[1]
Born to Jacabus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Mudaliyar of Governor Gate and translator of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. His brothers include John Charles Dias Bandaranaike and the Rev Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike. Educated at the ( Royal College, Colombo ) Colombo Academy and King's College, London. He became the first Ceylonese Barrister when he was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1848.[2]
Having returned to Ceylon, he began his legal practice as an Advocate of the Supreme Court and served as a Member of Legislative Council from 1861 to 1864. In 1885 he was appointed as the first Sinhalese Judge of the Supreme Court, a post he held till 1892, during which he served as acting Chief Justice in 1888. He was Knighted in the 1893 Birthday Honours[3] and represented Ceylon at the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1896.
^Amerasinghe 1986, p. 154.
^Amerasinghe 1986, p. 155.
^"Bandaranaike, Mudaliyar Jacobus Dias Wijewardena". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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