Justice
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Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I ( si, ෆෙලික්ස් රෙජිනල්ඩ් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක; 26 July 1861 – 30 January 1947) was a Ceylonese (
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) judge and lawyer. He was a
Judge
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of the
Supreme Court of Ceylon
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, Sri Lanka Sreshthadikaranaya; ta, இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், Ilankai uyar neetimanram) is th ...
.
Born to Rev. Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike, he was educated at
S. Thomas' College and the
Colombo Academy. He went on to
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...
gaining a
MA and
LLM
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from the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
. He apprenticed to
Henry Fielding Dickens
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,
KC and was admitted to the
Inner Temple
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in 1887 and took oaths as an
Advocate
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in Ceylon in 1888.
He started his practice as an Advocate, before joining the judicial service as
Police Magistrate
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and Commissioner of Requests in Gampola. From 1893 to 1897 he served as
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. He became the acting District Judge of Colombo in 1897, Additional District Judge in 1898 and District Judge in 1906. In 1902 he was among the Ceylonese representatives invited to attend the London
Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
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. He was a member of the
Royal Colonial Institute
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.
Dias Bandaranaike married Annie Lucy "Florence" D' Alwis, third daughter of
James De Alwis
James De Alwis (1823–1878) was a lawyer, writer, poet and a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. He is remembered for his writings that included several works on Buddhism.
Educa ...
, with whom he had three children who survived to adulthood. These were Dr
Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike II
Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II ( si, ෆෙලික්ස් රෙජිනල්ඩ් ඩයස් බණඩාරනායක) (17 January 1891 – 26 October 1951) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Puisn ...
, Annette Lena Dias Bandaranaike who married
William Ilangakoon the first
Sinhalese
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* Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka
* Sinhalese people
* Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka
* Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language
** Sinha ...
Attorney General of Ceylon
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and Samuel James Felix Dias Bandaranaike who served as an agriculture officer.
References
External links
The SCHARFF - Family #1006
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1861 births
1947 deaths
Sinhalese lawyers
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
District Courts of Sri Lanka judges
Sinhalese judges
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British Ceylon judges
Ceylonese advocates