Arthur Alvis (16 June 1856 – ??) was a
Ceylon
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 ...
ese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of British Ceylon, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first f ...
.
Educated at
S. Thomas' College
, motto_translation = Be Thou Forever
, song = Thomian Song
, athletics = Yes
, sports = Yes
, nickname = Thora
, denomination = Anglican
, patron ...
, Alvis was enrolled as an
proctor
Proctor (a variant of ''procurator'') is a person who takes charge of, or acts for, another.
The title is used in England and some other English-speaking countries in three principal contexts:
* In law, a proctor is a historical class of lawye ...
in 1878, practicing in the district courts and later in the supreme court. He served a member of the
Colombo Municipal Council
The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Colombo, current elect is Rosy Senanayake, and 119 elected 119 muni ...
from the Kollupittiya Ward and then Fort Ward. In the
1911 Legislative Council election, he was elected to the Legislative Council for the Ceylonese seat. He was reelected in the
1921 Legislative Council election.
Alvis married Madeleine Cecilia Daniel. Lady Madeleine Louise Garvin, wife of
Sir Thomas Garvin, judge of the Supreme Court was his daughter.
References
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20th-century Sri Lankan people
1856 births
Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
Ceylonese proctors
Burgher people
Sri Lankan lawyers
Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Year of death missing
People from British Ceylon