E. B. Wikramanayake

Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon.^[1] A successful lawyer^[2] he was appointed a Queen's Counsel and had been educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He was the father of Elanga Wikramanayake and grandfather of Arittha R Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. ^[3] Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka^[4] and served on the Board of Governors of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.

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1. Young pilot's last flight remembered 50 years later Death dive into the sea
2. PODI SINGHO, Petitioner, and A. E. GOONESINHA, Respondent.
3. "Tales of Thomian legal eagles .......page 14 The Old Boy 31.12.2006" (PDF). www.stcmloba.org. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
4. "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF CEYLON. Act Nos,29 of 1968" (PDF). www.customs.gov.lk. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

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