Ceylonese recipients of British titles

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Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in, worked in or lived in Ceylon.

19th Century[edit]

1890s[edit]

1891[edit]

Dignity of a wife of a Knight Bachelor

1892[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1897[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George

Twentieth century[edit]

1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Privy Council
Knight Bachelor

1902[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1903[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George

1906[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1908[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1909[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Knight Commander, (KCMG)

1910s[edit]

1911[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
    • 1911 - John Penry Lewis, Esq., M.A., late Government Agent for the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

1913[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1914[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1916[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George

1919[edit]

Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division

1920s[edit]

1920[edit]

King's Police Medal (KPM)

1922[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)

1923[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division

1925[edit]

Order of the British Empire

1929[edit]

Order of the British Empire

1930s[edit]

1931[edit]

Knight Bachelor

1932[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1935[edit]

Knight Bachelor

1936[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire

1938[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

1939[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
Colonial Police Medal

1940s[edit]

1941[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1942[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order

1943[edit]

Order of the British Empire
  • Knight Commander, (KBE)
  • Officer, (OBE)
    • Civil Division
    • 1943 - Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam, Superintending Telecommunication Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department.[8]
    • 1943 - Ralph Henry Bassett, C.C.S, Commissioner for the Development of Agricultural Marketing.
    Officer, (OBE)
    • Military Division
    • 1943 - Major John Oldknow Widdows, M.C, Sherwood Foresters.
    • 1943 - Major Ernest Lionel Mack, V.D, Ceylon Light Infantry

1946[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George

1946[edit]

Order of the British Empire

1948[edit]

These were the first conferred under the Dominion of Ceylon

Order of the British Empire
  • Officer, (OBE)
    • 1948 - Abdon Ignatius Perera, acting Postmaster General
    • 1948 - John Robert Blaze, Senior Physician, General Hospital, Colombo
    • 1948 - Abdul Raheman Abdul Razik - Senator, Member of the State Council.
    • 1948 - Gunasena de Soyza, Commissioner of Co-operative Development
    • 1948 - Sabapathy Somasundaram, Proctor of the Supreme Court
    • 1948 - Bertram Edmund Weerasinghe, Chief Officer Colombo Municipal Fire Brigade, Assistant Civil Defence Commissioner (Fire Services)

1950s[edit]

1950[edit]

Order of the British Empire

1951[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
King's Police and Fire Services Medal

1952[edit]

These were the last conferred under King George VI's reign as King of Ceylon, as he died on 6 February 1952.

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George

These were the first conferred under Queen Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of Ceylon (1952 - 1972).

Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service

1953[edit]

Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Order of the British Empire
  • Commander, (CBE)
    • Civil Division
      • 1953 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Esq., O.B.E.. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
      • 1953 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., M.B.E., Senator.

1954[edit]

Viscount
Knight Bachelor
  • 1954 - Sir Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., CBE, Senator. For social services.
Order of St Michael and St George
  • Companion, (CMG)
Order of the British Empire
British Empire Medal

1955[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the British Empire
Imperial Service Order
British Empire Medal

1956[edit]

Knight Bachelor
Order of St Michael and St George
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Order of the British Empire

No further Ceylonese citizens were nominated for honours in the British Honours System after 1956, since S.W.R.D. Bandaranaikes government put an end to it.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The London Gazette, February 2, 1892". thegazette.co.uk. The London Gazette. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Allister MacMillan, ed. (1928). Seaports of India and Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. pp. 439–40. ISBN 978-8120619951.
  3. ^ "Sir Marcus Fernando Oration". www.slma.lk. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  4. ^ "Supplement". The London Gazette (32830): 3951. 1 June 1923.
  5. ^ Life of Sir James Peiris, W. T. Keble and Devar Surya Sena, p.61,82 (University of California)
  6. ^ Chapter 5: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY, K.T.Rajasingham Asia Times Retrieved 7 November 2015
  7. ^ "Sir H. De Mel Shot Dead". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 11 May 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  8. ^ "WW2 tribute: Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam youngest to be awarded OBE". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 14 June 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Fourth Supplement" (PDF). The London Gazette (39107): 43. 29 December 1950.
  10. ^ "Fourth Supplement". The London Gazette (39424): 45. 28 December 1951.
  11. ^ "London Gazette". The London Gazette (39594): 3748. 11 July 1952.
  12. ^ "Fourth Supplement". The London Gazette (39424): 46. 28 December 1951.
  13. ^ a b c "Fifth Supplement". The London Gazette (39736): 48. 30 December 1952.
  14. ^ "Fourth Supplement". The London Gazette (40191): 3304. 1 June 1954.
  15. ^ "Fourth Supplement" (PDF). The London Gazette (40500): 3305. 3 June 1955.
  16. ^ "Fourth Supplement". The London Gazette (40500): 3306. 3 June 1955.