Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Burgher Community (appointed member)
In office November 1947 – January 1949
Preceded by
seat created
1st Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia
In office January 1949 – August 1955
Prime Minister
D. S. Senanayake
Preceded by
position created
Succeeded by
P. R. Gunasekera
Personal details
Born
(1885-09-25)25 September 1885 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died
26 March 1963(1963-03-26) (aged 77) Canberra, Australia
Nationality
Ceylonese
Alma mater
Royal College, Colombo, Ceylon Law College
Profession
Proctor
James Aubrey MartenszCBE, JP, UM (25 September 1885 – 26 March 1963) was a Ceylonese lawyer and statesmen.[1][2] Following a successful legal practice, Martensz was appointed a member of the first Parliament of Ceylon, before stepping down to serve as Ceylon's first High Commissioner in Australia.
^"Hon. Martensz, James Aubrey, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^Goonetilleke, T. V. (Ed) (1983). Members of the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1931-83: Record of Service. Parliament of Sri Lanka. p. 121.
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