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Barnes Shelton Carlye Ratwatte II (1918 or 1919–2004) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n lawyer and judge. He was a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and

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. Ratwatte was born to a prominent

Radala Radala refers to a small minority group in Sri Lanka in the former provinces of the Kingdom of Kandy, who are either descendants of chiefs and courtiers of the King of Kandy of Nayaks of Kandy or descendants of native headmen appointed by the ...

family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa,

Dissawa The Mahâ Dissâvas was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. Like many of the existing high offices at the time it had combined legislative and judicial ...

Matale Matale ( Sinhala: මාතලේ, ta, மாத்தளை, translit=Māttaḷai) is the administrative capital city of the Matale District. It is the most urbanised and populated centre in the district. Matale is also the second largest muni ...

, a signatory on behalf of the

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to the Kandyan Convention of 1815. Born to

Barnes Ratwatte Barnes Ratwatte (''known as Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa '') (1883 – 20 September 1957) was a Ceylonese colonial-era legislator and a headman. He was a member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. He was appointed to the posts of Rate Mahat ...

and Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy of Mahawelatenne

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, Balangoda, his eldest sister was

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...

the first female prime minister in the world. Educated at

Trinity College, Kandy "Look to the End" , mottoes = , founder = John Ireland Jones , established = , type = Independent Private , affiliation = Church of Ceylon, Anglican , grade ...

and the

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. He became an

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and was appointed as a

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in 1960. In 1974, he was appointed President of the Appeal Court. Later appointed to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka he retired in 1983.

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The Ratwatte Ancestry
2004 deaths Sinhalese lawyers Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon 1910s births Magistrates of Sri Lanka Sinhalese judges Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka Barnes II {{SriLanka-bio-stub

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