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

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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 family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa, Dissawa of Matale, a signatory on behalf of the Sinhalese to the Kandyan Convention of 1815. Born to Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa and Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy of Mahawelatenne Walauwa, Balangoda, his eldest sister was

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (; ; ; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, world's first fe ...

the first female prime minister in the world. Educated at Trinity College, Kandy, and the Ceylon Law College. 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 Sri Lankan lawyers Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy Puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon 1910s births Magistrates of Sri Lanka Sinhalese people Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka Barnes II {{SriLanka-bio-stub

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