Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC 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

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and

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solici ...

. He was the Minister of Justice in the

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of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the

Senate of Ceylon The Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed and indirectly elected rather than directly elected. It was housed in the old Legislative Counci ...

. A successful lawyer he was appointed a

King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...

in 1948 and had been educated at

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , song = Thomian Song , athletics = Yes , sports = Yes , nickname = Thora , denomination = Anglican , patron ...

. He led the appeal of those convicted in the

Bandaranaike assassination S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), was assassinated by the Buddhist priest Talduwe Somarama Thero on September 25, 1959, while meeting the public at his private residence, Tintagel, at Rosmead Place i ...

. He was the father of

Elanga Wikramanayake Deshamanya Elanga Devapriya Wikramanayake (known to many as ''E.D. Wikramanayake'') was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as the Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. Early life and education His father was E. B. Wikramanayake, QC the Minister of Justic ...

and grandfather of

Arittha R Wikramanayake Arittha R Wikramanayake is an attorney at law specialising in corporate law, securities law and trade law. Family Wikramanayake's family association with law can be traced back to Crown Proctorship in Galle in 1848. Education school Like his br ...

Eric Wikramanayake Eric D. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan conservationist. Early life and education Born to Elanga Wikramanayake, a lawyer. His brothers are Arittha R Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. His grandfather was E. B. Wikramanayake. Educated at ...

and

Athula Wikramanayake Athula H. Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan American developmental biologist and Professor at the University of Miami. Early life and education Wikramanayake was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and like his brothers Arittha R Wikramanayake and Eric Wikra ...

. Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka and served on the Board of Governors of

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , song = Thomian Song , athletics = Yes , sports = Yes , nickname = Thora , denomination = Anglican , patron ...

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