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Sir Senaipathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo, OBE (known as Sir Philip Rodrigo) was a Ceylonese businessmen and philanthropist. He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon.[1]
In July 1947, under the Sinhala Welenda Mandalaya Ordinance which established the country's chamber of commerce, Philip Rodrigo was named among the first members of its board of trustees.[2] His honors include the Ceylonese title of Gate Mudaliyar, appointed Officer (Civil Division) in the Order of the British Empire in the 1952 New Year Honours and Knights Bachelor for his social services in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[3]
He was married to Lady Marion Elizabeth Rodrigo. Their eldest daughter Daisybelle Rodrigo was married to Colonel Maurice de Mel and younger daughter Yvonne married Joseph Shelton Fernando, a civil servant who worked in the Department of Lands and Department of Housing, before appointment as Chairman, State Timber Cooperation.[4][5][6]
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^"Sinhala Welenda Mandalaya Ordinance". 2 July 1947. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^"Fourth supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 28 December 1951. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^"InMemoriam | TSL - The Times of Sri Lanka (Published in Canada) - All Rights Reserved (Editor: Upali Obeyesekere) | Page 11". Retrieved 2020-12-23.
^"Joseph Shelton Fernando: My model father, philosopher and friend". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
^"A Tribute to a Wonderful Father - Joseph Shelton Fernando". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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