Sri Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy
PHILIPSZ,
D - Family #1002
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In Dutch times there was in Cotta, a
school master named D Phillipoe, b approx 1650. He
married Ursula and had a son named Phillip Philipsz
Wijecon Panditharatne. He was Maha Mudliyar and
chief interpreter, and he is supposed to have taken
the name Philipsz. Wijecon Panditharatne seems to be
honorofic names received when he became Maha
Mudliyar.
"Rev
Henricus Philipsz was the son of Lienage Phillip
Philipsz Wijecon Panditharathne Maha Mudaliyar.He
was educated at the Colombo Seminary. Later, he went
to Holland and studied at Utrecht. He returned to
Ceylon. He was able to preach in Sinhalese and
Dutch.
Cornelia
Henrica Philipsz, the daughter of Henricus Philipsz,
married (1) 26/7/1789 Adolidh Marten Heyman of
Leeuwetein (Franconia) and later married (2)
20/10/1793, Christoffel de Saram Wanigasekere
Ekanaike, 4th Maha Mudaliyar, the son of Domingo de
Saram Wanigasekere Ekanaike". |
1 Don
Philipsz -School
master
of Cotta, b approx 1650-1715, (m1685) + Dona Ursula (He
was a one of a
family of six)
2 Lienage Philip Philipsz Wijecon
Panditharathne b1686 aka, (bp29/4/1695) Liyanage
Philip Philipsz, (formerly
Wijekoon Panditharatne), Maha Mudaliyar. Changed his
name to Philipsz.
(Chief
interpreter Dutch
times)+(m1/10/1773) Dona Leonara (They had 8 children)
(Awarded gold medal by
Dutch Governor,in 1751)
3
(1) Dona Cornelia Phillipsz Panditharatne,bp
19/7/1725+(m1742)Don Alexander
Wijesekara Rajakaruna Abeyratne Samarakoon,Maha Mudliyar in
1758,he died in
1758.
3 (2) Johan Phillipsz,bp1/1/1728
3 (3) Leonara Phillipsz
Panditharatne,bp 21/3/1730-died before11/9/1781
(M1)Richard Sudusingha of
Kalutara
(M2) Louis Samarakoon Maha
Mudliyar
(M3) Christoffel Caldera Kuruwe
Mudliyar
3 (4) Ana,bp28/4/1732
3 (5) Cornelis Phillipsz Panditharatne
Goonasekera,bp27/7/1737,Basnayake Muhandiram + Maria
Christina de Silva
3 (6) Phillip bp30/12/1738
3 (7) Abraham Phillepsz
Panditharatne,bp 27/10/1745-d1785+(m1-22/4/1759)Anna Dias
3 (7) Abraham Philipsz Panditharatne,+
(m2-22/6/1771)Plantina Perera (7 children)m1771
4 (1) Susana Cornelia Philipsz
Panditharatne,bp27/9/1772+(m1/8/1790)Don Adrian de Alwis
Goonetilleke
Samaranayake,Mudliyar Salpita Korale.
4 (2) Sophiya Mariya
Philipsz,bp27/9/1773
4 (3) Johan Godfred Wijekon
Philipsz Panditharatne, bp:21/8/17744/7/1860 (3rd Maha
Mudliyar) + Dona
Cornelia DB, d/o CP Dias Bandaranaike, Maha Mudliyar,(They
had 5 children)(Received
Gold Medal from Governor Fredrick North-a.d1800)
5 (1) Lubert Arnold Philipsz, b7/4/1823
5 (2) John Leonard Wijekon
Philipsz Panditharatne,Mudliyar Gangaboda Pattu, Matara
+Angenetta Susanna
Illangakoon, d/o David Ilangakoon Maha Mudliyar
6 (1) Francis William
Philipsz Panditharatne,bp 3/6/1839
6 (2) Corneliya Philipsz
Panditharatne + Dionysius William Tillekeratne Dissanayake,
b:1830.
5 (3) Gertruda(Hertroyda)
Angenitta Philipsz,(m23/6/1842)+John Dias Bandaranaike, son
of Cornelius Dias
Wijewickreme Bandaranaike, b15/2/1772-d5/7/1869
5 (4) Welhelmina Henrietta
Philipsz Panditharatne +Johannes Jacobus de Saram Wijesekere
Mudliyar
5 (5) Philippus Gerardus
Gysbertus Wijesekera Philipsz Panditharatne,Muhandiram of
the Gate,+(m1)Ana
Florentina Dias Abeysinghe, d/o Johannes Welhelmus Dias
Abeysinghe Muhandiram
of the Guard.
6 Anna Florentina
Panditharatne,b2/2/1836-1/2/1890 + (m14/12/1854) Don
Christoffel Henricus Dias
Bandaranaike Mudliyar Siyane Korale East,and GG
5 (5) Philipus Geradus Philipsz
Panditharatne + (m2)Angenita Catharina, d/o Perera Ekanayake
Mudliyar.
3 (7) 4 (4) Henricus David Philipsz, bp:16/3/1776
4 (5) Cornelia Jacoba Philisz, bp:11/10/1778
+ Haramanis Perera Jayawardena, b:1779
3 (7) 4 (6) Catharina Philipsz
Panditharatne, bp:24/11/1782-17/6/1860, + (m:24/10/1806) Don
Jacobus dias
Wijewardena Bandaranayake, Gate Mudliyar d:15/6/1866
4 (7) daughter + Louis Wijesekera
Karunaratne de Saram
3 (8)
Reverend Henricus Philipsz, 7/5/1733-18/5/1790 (Educated
in Holland), a Sinhalese
Christian minister of the Dutch Reformed Church
in Ceylon. An account of this minister appears in De
Bruyn's History of The
Reformed Church In The Dutch East Indies, written in
Dutch. He died on May 19,
1790, (M1) m:4 Nov 1759 + Susanna
Scharff bp:8 Dec 1743 at Colombo, Ceylon,
d:15 Jun 1781 (Germany, Weimar
in Saxony) (1006) (He had 8 children) (Parents of Susanna
are Mary Elizebeth de
Saram and Jan Scharaff) (Lieutenant Jan Christoffel Scharff
served under the
Dutch East India Company, he hailed from Sangerhausen Upper
Saxony,Thuringa in
Germany)
4
(1) Reverend Gerardus Philipsz + Johanna
Adriana Van Dort m:29-Jun-1792
(1004)
5
son,b9/5/1793
4
(2) Susanna
Euphemia Phillipsz + Johannas Justus Panneburg of
Lichtenau Captain of the (OIC),
m:20 Oct 1782
4
(2) 2nd
spouse of Susanna Euphemia: + Abraham
Cornelis van Charlet, m:2 Oct 1796
4
(3) Cornelia Henrietta) Philipsz
d:Apr-8-1824 (tombstone at
Dutch Reformed Church, Wolfendhal, Colombo, Sri Lanka) + Adolf
Martin Heyman
(from Leuwenstein) m:Jul-27-1789
4
(3) *2nd Spouse of Cornelia Henrietta Philipsz:
(1764-1824)+
Christoffel
Henricus de Saram Wanigasekere Ekanaike (1755-1842), 4th Maha
Mudaliyar (3126), son of Domingo de Saram Wanigasekere
Ekanaike
5 Susana Dorathea + Abraham de Saram
5 Johanna Petrenella + Johan Paules Perera
Gunerwardena
5 Christoffel Petrus Geradus Mudliyar of the Gate
died before 1840.
5
Johannes Henricus de Saram b:1797-d24/10/1858 (was
taken by Governor
Maitland, at the age of 14, to England in 1811 to study for
the Christian
Ministry) + Frances Treherne m:Jun-9-1820 London at
The Church of
Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields
5
Cornelia Philipsz Panditharatne de Saram (b approx
25/12/1800)(M1839)+
Don
Solomon Dias Bandaranayake, Mudaliyar of Siyane Korale
d:Sep-15-1859, He assisted as interpreter on 10th
Feb 1815 when Sri
Wickrema Rajasinghe the last King of Kandy was taken to
Colombo, and then, who
was later taken to India. (1001) (Don Solomon DB,1st
married,17/6/1805 to Johanna Petrenella de Livera.)
6
(1) Susan Elizebeth Dias Bandaranaike + John Martinus
Paulus Peiris
Siriwardena (See Pieris Deraniyagala family tree)
6
(2) Conrad Peter Dias Bandaranaike (Mohandiram) +
Petrenella de
Livera,M1860.(See Bandaranaike family tree)
6
(3) Harriet Dias Bandaranaike + Samaradiwakera
6
(4) Johanna Dias Bandaranaike+Seneviratne
6
(5) Corneliya Susana Dias Bandaranaike + (First Bed)
D B F Obeysekere (3051)(See
Obeyesekere family tree)
7
[19] Sir Christoffeild Obeyesekere + [18]
Lady Ezline
Maria de Alwis (See Obeyesekere family tree)
8
[21] Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere, b:1898 + [20] Sir Don Solomon Dias Abeywickrema
Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna
Kadukeralu Bandaranaike (Maha
Mudaliyar) b:22-May-1862, d:31-Jul-1946,
Kt. Commander
of
the most distinguished order of St. Michael and St. George,
Horogolla
Walauwwa, St Thomas' College, Mohandiram 1882. Mudliyar
Siyane Korale, After
returning from UK, Governor Arthur Havelock awarded Maha
Mudaliyar title and
All Island JP. In 1897 went to UK as official representative
for diamond
jubilee celebration and received medal. In 1902 revisited
UK. Received
Coronation Medal and KCMG, m:Apr-1898 (1001)
9
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike b:8-Jan 1899,
d:26-Sep-1959, (Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1956-59,
Assassinated by a Buddhist
Monk on September 25, 1959), St Thomas' College, educated as
a lawyer in UK,
University of Oxford. Became Secretary of Oxford Union in
1923, called to the
bar in 1925, Member of the State Council in 1931, Formed the
Sinhala Maha Sabha
in 1937, Active in the UNP 1945-51 and established the SLFP
after 1951, Prime
Minister 1956-59, To solve the ethnic issue he signed the
Bandaranaike-Chelvanaygam pact, which was repudiated due to
a campaign led by
the Buddhist Clergy. Made Sinhala the official Language + Sirimavo
Ratwatta, b:17/4/1916,
d:10/10/2000, m:2-Oct-1940 (First
woman Prime Minister in the World, Prime Minister, 1960-65,
1970-77, 1994-2000)
(3060)
Wikipedia Account of Sirimavo
10 Sunethra Dias
Bandaranaike,
b:1943 + Kumar
Rupasinghe (div)
10
2nd spouse of
Sunethra Dias Bandaranaike
+ Udaya Nanayakkara
(div)
10
Chandrika
Dias Bandaranaike, b:29/6/1945, Early
education at St Bridgets
Convent, Colombo, and graduated in Political Science at
Sorbonne University in
Paris, Formed the Peoples Alliance (PA) Party, President of
Sri Lanka 1994-2005
+ Vijaya Kumaratunga, Film Actor, Assasinated 1988
11
Yasodhara Kumaratunga
11
Vimukthi Kumaratunga
10
Anura Dias Bandaranaike b: Feb-15-1949, Educated at
Royal
College, Member of Parliament 1977 to 2007, Minister
Higher Education
1993, Foreign Minister 2005, Leader of the opposition,
Speaker of the House,
Minister of Tourism/Heritage 2007
9
Alexandra Camelia Bandaranaike, lived at
"Samudragiri"
Walauwa in Mount Lavinia + Leo G. De Alwis
10
Shirlene De Alwis
10
Lankasa De Alwis
(tenor
singer) + Joy
Dassenaike
(cousins)
11
Ranjith de Alwis
10
Rukmanie De Alwis
+ Percy
Eheliyagoda
9 Anna Florentina Bandaranaike
+ Abraham de Livera
10
Christopher de Livera + Nimal Peiris
11
Shanaka de Livera
11
Priyan de Livera
10
May de Livera
8
Ethel Obeyesekere + William Peiris
8
Forester Obeyesekere, (State Councillor) + Isabel Sykes
9
Boykin Obeyesekere
9
Ezlynne Obeyesekere + Ralph St. L P Deraniyagala
8
Lillian Obeyesekere + William
Illangakoon (3169)
7
James Peter Obeyesekere + Corneliya
Henrietta Dias Bandaranaike (Missie) (1001)
8
Donald Obeyesekere + Ethel Perera.
9
Danton Obeyesekere + Ruby Dias
Bandaranaike (1001)
10
Arjuna Obeyesekere
10
Shireen Obeyesekere
10
Indra Obeyesekere
10
Ajith Obeyesekere
9
Corneliya Obeyesekere + Henry Ashmore Pieris(See Pieris
Deraniyagala
family tree)
10
Sita Pieris
10
Wimala Pieris
10
Hemal Pieris
10
H S Mevan Pieris (Played cricket for STC Mt Lavinia)
9
Asoka Obeyesekere + Eliza Dias Bandaranaike.
9
Fredrick Obeyesekere
9
Amelia Obeyesekere, 1915-2004 + Louis Pieris
10 Surani Pieris Deraniyagala
10
Ravindra Pieris Deraniyagala
10 Chrisanthi Pieris Deraniyagala
10
Rajini Pieris Deraniyagala
10
Savithri Pieris Deraniyagala
9
Alexander Obeyesekere + Mrs Marrs
8 James Peter Obeyesekere 11,
Maha Mudaliyar + Estelle Dias Bandaranaike (1001)(See
Obeyesekere family tree)
9
James Peter Obeyesekere 111 + Sivagami Dassanaike
10
James
Peter Obeyesekere IV Jr. + Dr Vyjanthimala Kumarihamy
11
C H Obeyesekere b:9 May 2005
10
Chantal Obeyesekere
8
Stanly Obeyesekere + Brenda de Saram (3126)
9
Nedra Obeyesekere + (Derrick) (3126)
9
Yolande Obeyesekere + Oopatissa
Illangakoon (3169)
8
Lady Hilda Obeyesekere + Sir
Paules Edward Peiris, (Civil Servent,
Historian), b:1853,
educated at STC Mt Lavinia, Writer of Sinhala books and
Historian, (He wrote
the book Sinhalese families which was published in 1911.)
(1005)(See Pieris
Deraniyagala family tree)
9
Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala 1900-1976 Director
Museum,
(Scientist,Zoologist) + Prini Molamure (3117)
10 Isanth
Deraniyagala
10
Paulus Arjun Mayadun
Deraniyagala
10
Dr. Siran Upendra
Pieris
Deraniyagala
10
Ranil Yudisthira
Pieris
Deraniyaga
9 Justin Pieris Deraniyagala
9
Ralph St Louis Pieris Deraniyagala + Ezlyn
Obeyesekere
10
Ralph Deraniyagala (Bando) + Indrani Nugara
11
Arubind Deraniyagala
9
Miriam Pieris Deraniyagala 1908-1999 + Robert de Saram (s/o F R de Saram) (3126)
10
Skanda
Ajith de Saram + Sharadha
Manorama Muthu Krishna (7010)
10 Rohan de
Saram (Cello) + Rosemary de
Saram
11
Sophia de Saram
11
Suren de Saram
10
Druvi de Saram (Piano) + Sharmini de Fonseka
11
Mandhira de Saram
11
Radhika de Saram
10
Niloo de Saram + Desmond Fernando
11
Jeevani Fernando
10
2nd spouse of Niloo de Saram + Jehan Edwards
6
(5) [9] Cornelia Susanna Elizabeth Dias
Bandaranayake + [8]Rev. Canon Samuel William Dias
Bandaranaike (Colombo) (1001)
7 William
Chapman
Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike
b:9/6/1860
(nephew of Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike
and step brother of Sir James
Peter Obeysekera), Born in 1860. Educated at St Thomas'
College and Royal
College, Colombo. Took charge of the estates and plantation
management. + Rachel
Asmadale, m:1896 (Niece of T B Panabokke)
8
Copleston Dias Bandaranaike
8
Rani
Dias Bandaranaike
[Ref:
20th Centuary Impression by Arnold Wright P525]
7
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike, b:26-Jul-1861,
d:30-Jan-1947, educated
at Royal & St Thomas's College), Qualifications
Cambridge BA,LLB degree.
Became District Judge Colombo in 1897, Legal profession + Annie
Lucy
(Florence) D' Alwis (third daughter of James de Alwis)
m:Apr-1890
8
Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike, Dr.
b:17-Jan-1891,
d:26-Oct-1951 + (1) Princess
Joy De Livera (2) (Name Not
Known) Dias Abeyesinghe
9 Michael Dias Bandaranaike +
Norah Hunter-Crabbe (UK)
10
Alison
+ Wolfram Koch (Austria)
10
Julia + Name Not Known
11
Name Not Known
9
Felix Dias Bandaranaike, b:5-Nov-1930, d:26-Jun-1985
(Minister of
Public Administration,Local Govt,Home Affairs& Justice
1970-77) +
Muthulakshmi Jayasundera
9
Christine Dias Bandaranaike + David Blackler
8
Annette Lena Dias Bandaranaike + William Ilangakoon, First
Sinhalese
Attorney General, m:1914
9
Hope Ilangakoon + Quintus Tennekoon
10
Serena Tennekoon (died 198?)
10
Deepthi Tenekoon + Palitha Senanayake
9
Nannette Christine Ilangakoon, d:Aug 5 2006 in Australia + Lyn (ECG) Wickremasinghe (3103), was the GM of Bank of
Ceylon in the seventies, is a second cousin of Esmund
Wickremasinghe, father of
Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNP).
10
Githendra Wickremasinghe + Una (UK)
11
Roshana Wickremasinghe
10
Ravi Wickremasinghe + Yasanthi (Australia)
11
Ramila Wickremasinghe
11
Charith Wickremasinghe
9
Neil Ilangakoon + Lynnette de Livera
10
Sheami Ilangakoon + DEW Perera
11
Name Not Known
11
Name Not Known
10
Anthea Ilangakoon +Ine
10
Philip Ilangakoon + Trisetta
10
Glendora Ilangakoon, died 197? + Gertrude
8
Samuel James Felix Dias Bandaranaike, Agricultural
Department +
Esther Ramkeesoon (Trinidad)
9
Sonia Dias Bandaranaike + Dr. Digby William Hall (UK)
10
William Hall
10
Mary Hall
10
James Hall
10
Emma Hall
9
Gwen Dias Bandaranaike, died 2004 + Roland Dias Abeysinghe
10
Yohann Dias Abeyesinghe + Manjari Wickremasinghe Rajapakse
11 Chandhana Dias Abeysinghe
11
Hasulie Dias Abeysinghe
10
Jayanthi
Dias Abeyesinghe + Ranjith Weerasinghe.
11
Auchithya Weerasinghe
10
Kavinda Dias Abeyesinghe + Shyamini Balasuriya
11
Nadhil Dias Abeysinghe
9
Yasmine Dias Bandaranaike, b:1935, University professor,
literary
critic, editor, bibliographer, novelist, essayist, and poet.
She received her
education from Bishop's college and went on to graduate from
the University of
Ceylon in 1959. She also received a Ph. D in English
Literature from Cambridge
University in 1962. Gooneratne became a resident of
Australia in 1972. In 1981
she was the first, and remains until now, the only person to
receive the higher
doctoral degree of Doctor of Letters ever awarded by
Macquarie University. She
now holds a Personal Chair in English Literature at
Macquarie University,
located in New South Wales. From 1989-1993 she was the
Foundation Director of
her University's Postcolonial Literatures and Languages
Research Center. In
1990 Gooneratne became an Officer of the Order of Australia
for distinguished
service to literature and education and in that same year
she was also invited
to become the Patron of the Jane Austen Society of
Australia. From 1994-95, she
served on a committee appointed by the Federal Government to
review the
Australian system of Honors and Awards from 1994-1995. Since
1995, she has had
positions on both the Australia Abroad Council and the
Visiting Committee of
the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of
Wollongong. In 1998, she
became a member of Asialink. She has been a visiting
professor or specialist at
many different places around the world including the
following: Edith Cowan
University (Western Australia), University of Michigan
(USA), Jawarharlal Nehru
University (India), and the University of the South Pacific
(Fiji). + Dr.
Brendon Goneratne (Australia)
10
Channa Gooneratne
10
Devika Gooneratne
9
son (deceased a few minutes after birth at Bandarawela)
7
Harry Dias Bandaranaike
6 (6) Don Christoffel Henricus Dias
Abeywickrema Jayatilake
Seneviratne Bandaranaike, b:1826 (Mudaliyar, Governers
Gate, 2nd Udagaha
Mudaliyar) b:1826 + Anna Florentina Philipsz
Panditharatne(d of Philipsz
Gysbetus Panditharatne ,and grand daughter of Johannes
Godfred Philipsz
7 Alice Dias Bandaranaike 1860-1910
+ John Louis Perera
7 Amy Dias Bandaranaike + Eduardo Roversi,
m:1885
8 Hilda
Roversi
8
Elena Roversi
8
Neville Roversi
7 Charlotte Dias Bandaranaike, b:1860
+ Solomon
Seneviratne b:1860, educated at Queen's
College and The Colombo Academy (later Royal College, (s/o
Don Hermanis
Seneviratne, Mohandiram of Siyane Korale, grandson of Don
Carolis Seneviratne,
Mudaliyar of Kalutara, great grandson of Don Louis
Seneviratne, Modaliyar of
the same place.), m:1885 (3108)
8 Stevan Senewiratne + Lilian de Alwis
9 Terrance Senewiratne
8 Eric Senewiratne + Ray Dassenaike
8 Noel Senewiratne + Violet Dias Bandaranaike
9 Erin Senewiratne
9
Unis Senewiratne
9
Nissanka Senewiratne
9
Daphne Senewiratne + Olive Abeynaike
10
Ranil Abeynaike
9
Lionel Senewiratne + Surangani Senewiratne
8 Charlie Senewiratne + Roxina de Alwis
9
Eddie Senewiratne + Lorna de
Saram (3126)
10
Anoja Senewiratne + Dr Guneratne
11
Guneratne
11
Guneratne
10
Anil Senewiratne
8 Phillip Senewiratne + Nannie
Samarakkody (3118)
9
Dr Brian Senewiratne + Alagaratna
10 Romesh Senewiratne
10
Sherine Senewiratne
9
Phoebe Senewiratne + Nanda Yatawara
10 Kavan Yatawara
10
Lakshman Yatawara
10
Neliya Yatawara
8 Francis Senewiratne + Gladys Dias Bandaranaike
9
Sakuntala Senewiratne
9
Sivanatha Senewiratne
9
Surangani Senewiratne + Lionel Senewiratne
8
2nd spouse of Francis Senewiratne + Grace
Tillekeratne
9
Ranjith Senewiratne
9
Nimal Senewiratne + Geetha
10 Amanda Senewiratne
10
Eshan Senewiratne
9
Niranjala Senewiratne + Kalinda Doranagoda
10 Shamila Doranagoda + Duminda Maligaspe
11 Dinuri Maligaspe
11 Tharuki
Maligaspe
9
Priyani Senewiratne + Mohan Samarakkody
10 Sandeepani Samarakkody + Alutwala
10
Yasamali Samarakkody
7 [29] Susanna Dias
Bandaranaike + [30] Johannes
Obeyesekere
8 Sir James Peter
Obeyesekere + Susanna Cornelia Dias
Bandaranaike
9
Sir Donald
Obeyesekere +
Johanna Perera
8 Sir Solomon Obeysekere
+ Eslin de Alwis
9
Forester Obeysekere
(State
Councillor) + Anna
Isabel Sykes
10
Boykin Obeyesekere
10
Ezlynne Obeyesekere
+ Ralph St. L P Deraniyagala
7 [20]
Sir Don Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna
Rajakumaruna
Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, 1862-1946 (Maha Mudaliyar)
b:22-May-1862,
d:31-Jul-1946, Kt. Commander of the most distinguished order
of St. Michael and
St. George, Horogolla Walauwwa, St Thomas' College,
Mohandiram 1882. Mudliyar
Siyane Korale, After returning from UK, Governor Arthur
Havelock awarded Maha
Mudaliyar title and All Island JP. In 1897 went to UK as
official
representative for diamond jubilee celebration and received
medal. In 1902
revisited UK. Received Coronation Medal and KCMG + [21]
Lady Daisy
Ezline Obeyesekere (d/o Christoffel
& Lady Obeyesekere)
m:Apr-1898
8
Solomon
West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike b:8-Jan 1899, d:26-Sep-1959,
(Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1956-59, Assassinated by a
Buddhist Monk on
September 25, 1959), St Thomas' College, educated as a
lawyer in UK, University
of Oxford. Became Secretary of Oxford Union in 1923, called
to the bar in 1925,
Member of the State Council in 1931, Formed the Sinhala Maha
Sabha in 1937,
Active in the UNP 1945-51 and established the SLFP after
1951, Prime Minister
1956-59, To solve the ethnic issue he signed the
Bandaranaike-Chelvanaygam
pact, which was repudiated due to a campaign led by the
Buddhist Clergy. Made
Sinhala the official Language + Sirimavo
Ratwatta, b:17/4/1916,
d:10/10/2000, m:2-Oct-1940 (First
woman Prime Minister in the World, Prime Minister, 1960-65,
1970-77, 1994-2000)
(3060)
Wikipedia Account of Sirimavo
9
Sunethra Dias
Bandaranaike, b:1943
+ Kumar Rupasinghe
(div)
9
2nd spouse of
Sunethra Dias
Bandaranaike + Udaya Nanayakkara
(div)
9
Chandrika
Dias Bandaranaike, b:29/6/1945, Early
education at St Bridgets
Convent, Colombo, and graduated in Political Science at
Sorbonne University in
Paris, Formed the Peoples Alliance (PA) Party, President of
Sri Lanka 1994-2005
+ Vijaya Kumaratunga, Film Actor, Assasinated 1988
10
Yasodhara Kumaratunga + Roger Walker (UK), m:Jun 2007
in UK
10
Vimukthi Kumaratunga
9
Anura Dias Bandaranaike b: Feb-15-1949, d:Mar 15,
2008, Educated
at Royal College, Member of Parliament 1977 to 2007,
Minister Higher
Education 1993, Foreign Minister 2005, Leader of the
opposition, Speaker of the
House, Minister of Tourism/Heritage 2007
8 Alexandra Camelia Bandaranaike, lived at
"Samudragiri" Walauwa in Mount Lavinia + Leo G. De Alwis
9
Shirlene De Alwis +
Earle Jayawardena
10
Amal Jayawardena
9
Lankasa De Alwis
(tenor singer)
+ Joy Dassenaike
(cousins)
10
Ranjith de Alwis
11
Raneesha de Alwis
11
Radeena de Alwis
9
Rukie (Rukmani) de Alwis b:26 Mar 1926-d20/3/2017+ Percy Eheliyagoda
10 Leo Eheliyagoda + Ramya
Wijetunge
11
Rosanth Eheliyagoda
10
Shalimar Eheliyagoda
+ Uma
Kumar Sharma
11
Shanikar
Sharma
11
Sandesh Sharma
10
Charmaine
Eheliyagoda , Attorney-at-Law,
a member of the National
Police Commission
appointed by H.E.The President of Sri Lanka + Lakshman
Madurasinghe, m:1979
held at All Saints Church Hulftsdorp in Aug 1979 + Professor
Lakshman Madurasinghe, born in Galle,
STC Prep School Kollupitiya
1959-1960 (LKG/UKG), STC
Mount Lavinia 1961-71,
Attorney
at Law, CIPD UK
11
Rosanth Lakshan
Madurasinghe,
graduate
of
the University of London (England). + Nishani Fernando of Wennappuwa on
July 7 2007
10
Lankani Eheliyagoda
10
Devika Eheliyagoda
[see
Family
Photo 2005 & weblog at http://ceo.intellect.googlepages.com/familytree ]
8
Anna Florentina Bandaranaike + Abraham
de Livera
9
Christopher de
Livera + Nimal
Pieris
10
Shanaka de
Livera,b1959 +
Samanda
11
Sajin de Livera
11
Shealan de Livera
10
Priyan de Livera
10
Asanthi de Livera
+ Oswin de Alwis
9 May de Livera
3
(8) 4
(4) William Henricus Philipsz,b1769
4
(5) Johanna Sophiya Philipsz,b1771
4
(6) Johanna Elizabeth Philipsz b:1772 m:Sep-15-1799
+ Diederich
Wilhelm Spittel (1003), m:15th
September 1799, s/o John Lourens
Spittel who originated from Weimar in Saxony, Germany,
similar to the Scharffs
5
Gerardus Adrian
Spittel
6
Frederick George
Spittel, Dr +
Zillia
7 Richard Lionel
Spittel, Dr + Claribel
Frances Van Dort, (Claire)
d/o Dr W G Van Dort (1004)
8
Christine Spittel
8
Yvonne Spittel
7
Lottie Spittel
4
(7) Henricus Christoffel Philipsz,d1795,Proponent
4
(8) Juliana Philipsz, +(m1) Abraham Perera Wijesekara
Ekanayake
+(m2)Don Phillip Abeywickreme Seneviratne
3 (8)
Hendrick Philipsz Panditharatne b1733-1790+(m2-19/8/1785)Ana
Maria Kabraal-no
issue (Widow of Don Simon Mudliyar Galle.)
Updated by Mr
Manjula de Livera
28th October 2023
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JG Philipsz Panditaratne
From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
JG Philipsz Panditaratne was a
Ceylonese legislator. He was one of the
first unofficial
members appointed to the Legislative
Council of Ceylon
representing the Sinhalese when
it
was formed in 1833 and served till 1861. He was succeeded by
two of his
nephews, Sir Harry Dias Bandaranaike and J. C. Dias Bandaranaike.[1][2][3]
His sister Liyanage Catherine
Philipsz Panditharatne married Jacabus Dias Wijewardena
Bandaranaike, Mudaliyar of Governor Gate and
Translator of Supreme Court.
**
By
Jayantha Gunasekera
Part
1
Maha Mudaliyar Sir
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike of Horogolla
Walauwe had two daughters
and a son. The son was SWRD,
Prime Minister of Ceylon, from 1956 to 1959. He married
Sirimavo,
one of the daughters of Barnes Ratwatte
(later Sir
Barnes). She was a good 18 years SWRD’s junior in age.
Though Sir Solomon was
not a man of education, he aspired to high titular
office. He aped the British
so much that he named his son Solomon West Ridgeway
after a British Governor.
SWRD was educated
at St Thomas’ College,
Mt. Lavinia, a Christian
school, and at the
University of Oxford, where he was elected Treasure of
the Oxford Union. He was
admitted to the English Bar and, on his return, he practised
his profession for a few years. Thereafter, he took to
politics and was elected
as the representative for Veyangoda.
Unlike his
father, he was national minded, and donned the “ariyasinhala”
dress, and even became a Buddhist.
One of Sir
Solomon’s daughters was given
in marriage to Leo D’Alwis
of Mt. Lavinia.
The D’Alwis’ were possessed
of vast tracts of
agricultural property, and property in the Western
Province. Leo’s sister,
Lillian Roslin, was given
in marriage to a
Cambridge-educated, non-practising
barrister –
Stephen Seneviratne. The
bride was a lady of large
proportions, heavily built. Stephen was the eldest son
of Attapattu
Mudaliyar Solomon Seneviratne,
and his mother was a sister of the Maha
Mudaliyar. So we see that
Stephen and wife were both
closely related to Sir Solomon.
Stephen’s country
residence was Kandahena
Estate, Veyangoda.
Stephen and his wife, soon after they married, resided
at White House, Ward
Place, Colombo. 7, which was not
such a residential area, as
it is now. He had a short stint at the Bar, but
left and joined the
Valuation Dept. as a Govt. Assessor. Within a few years
he left Govt. service
and did freelance Valuation for the Public Trustees
Dept. and the State
Mortgage Bank. He did not thereafter show any
inclination to engage in
intellectual pursuits and to continue as a member of the
Bar. He was more
interested in managing his agricultural lands. He was
particularly interested
in animal husbandry and poultry rearing, hardly the kind
of activity expected
of a Cambridge-educated lawyer. Perhaps Stephen knew his
limitations. He knew
only too well that qualifying as a lawyer was one thing,
and practising was quite
another. His son Terence, perhaps,
took to agriculture, and became the Director of
Agriculture at Peradeniya,
due to his father’s influence.
After a difficult
confinement, Mrs. Seneviratne
gave birth to their only child, Terrence and
the doctor in attendance was Dr. S.C. Paul, one of the
earliest Ceylonese to
qualify as a surgeon. Some years after the birth of the
baby, Mrs. Seneviratne
developed an early diabetic condition. At the
time of her marriage, both her parents were dead, being
chronic diabetics. She
was given in marriage by her brother Leo D’ Alwis,
who was extremely fond of her. Mrs. Seneviratne
developed a morbid frame of mind and made no bones about
the fact that she too
would not live long, like her parents.
A few years
later, Stephen decided to
sell White House, which he had inherited. Mrs. Seneviratne
had constant breezes with Stephen over this sale. He
sold a dowry property at
Wellawatte and with the proceeds he purchased the farm
at Nawala
and an estate at Alawwa.
Another matter
that they were
quarrelling about was a servant girl called Jessie. Mrs.
Seneviratne
had suspicions that Stephen was having an illicit affair
with Jessie. This girl
was sacked by Mrs. Seneviratne,
but re-employed by
Stephen to work in the Nawala
property.
After the sale of
White House, they
shifted to a rented house in Arbuthnot Street, until
April 1933, when they
shifted to Duff House at Bagatalle
Road in October of
the same year. While living at Arbuthnot St, she wrote
to Stephen the following
letter, which was produced at the trial. The letter
read; “By creeping into a
miserable house for Rs100/- if anything goes wrong with
my child, I will
without hesitation kill myself then and there. I will
not be a burden and a
stumbling block to you much longer. Only a few years is
all that is left for me. Every morning, noon and night I
will pray to God to
shorten my days. With every charitable act I shall pray
for the same thing. I
now live as a prisoner in the cell, waiting for the end
of his term. I will not
live for more than 40 or 50 years, because my parents
died early. I will await
death my comforter and redeemer. Can you buy me a pistol
before I go to the
other house. At least alone
I will have some sort of defence
then.”
Their son
Terrence was very attached to
his father. His mother used to beat him up whenever she
lost her temper. Over
this too, there were constant quarrels between husband
and wife. She also
disapproved of Stephen visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Francis Seneviratne at Veyangoda.
Mrs. Stephen Seneviratne,
according to the evidence led at the trial, was a highly
strung neurotic
person. She flew into a rage for trivial matters, and
often used to lock
herself up and refuse to eat, for several days. She
thought that White House
was haunted and complained of ghosts. Noises of polecats
used to be considered
by her as strange noises. Stephen never took his wife
seriously and treated her
in a light hearted manner. They had been leading a cat
and dog life for some
years before her death.
At Duff House
Mrs. Seneviratne
slept with her maid Alpina.
In the next room,
Terrence slept with his Nurse Mabel Joseph. According to
Alpina,
Mrs. Seneviratne spent a
restless night on the day in
question, and woke up twice, once to close the shutters
due to the rains, and
again, to drink some water. Was she tossing in bed
contemplating the drastic
action she was hoping to take in the morning?
At 6 a.m.,
according to Alpina, the
lady was awake. Alpina
went to the kitchen. About 15 minutes later, their
15-year-old servant boy Seelas,
and driver Perera told Alpina
that the lady wanted her. As she entered her mistress’s
room she noticed an
oily smell. Because the lady was lying across the bed
with her head towards the
wall and legs hanging over the outer edge of the bed,
her master went to the
lady’s bed and fanned his wife with a book, and sent the
maid for some brandy,
and hot water in empty beer bottles which her master
applied to the various
parts of her mistress’s body. He also attempted
artificial respiration.
According to Alpina
and 21-year-old Mabel Joseph, the lady was alive on
Sunday October 15th at 6.15
a.m. There was a bottle of Aspirin tablets in her room.
Did the servants hear a
scream, a groan or a gurgling sound?
Then the car was
sent to fetch the aunt
of Mrs. Stephen — Mrs. Harry Dias Bandaranaike and the
family doctor, Dr S.C.
Paul.
If Stephen was
responsible for her
death, rather than suicide, “it would have to be a
carefully prepared and a well
timed act, on his part, to come into his wife’s
room
ready with the bottle of smelling salts, filled with
chloroform, poured the
chloroform on to a handkerchief of his wife and
smothered her by placing the
saturated hankie over her mouth and nostrils, and then
gone into his son’s room
and being seen by Alpina,
coming out of the room”.
There was ample
evidence that Mrs. Seneviratne
was familiar with the use of chloroform, and
that she was aware of the fact that chloroform was
available in the house.
Dr. Paul arrived
at Duff House along
with Mrs. Harry Dias Bandaranaike on the morning of 15th
October. Though Dr.
Paul thought it was a case of suicide by taking an
overdose of Aspirin, he
telephoned the Coroner, the Police and Leo D’Alwis.
On learning later that the Police and the Coroner did
not suspect foul play,
and did not propose to take any action, he gave a
certificate that death was
due to syncope or heart failure, following an over dose
of Aspirin. Leo D’Alwis had
himself noticed the marks on the face but did
not seriously suspect foul play, as his sister had
threatened suicide, many
times.
On October 16th,
the funeral took place.
Leo D’Alwis’ suspicions
grew as there were frequent
quarrels between his sister and Stephen and he was not
satisfied about the
marks on her face. On the advice of Dr. Paul, Leo made a
complaint on November
7th. Inquest proceedings began before E.H.R. Tennison,
Police Magistrate. Tennison
ordered the exhumation
and the post-morten
examination was conducted by Dr.
T.S. Nair, the JMO. Tennison
was of the opinion that
Mrs. Seneviratne was
murdered. On December 3rd the
Additional Magistrate C.B.P. Perera started Non-Summary
Proceedings, continued
day to day, and the accused Stephen Seneviratne was
committed to stand his trial before the Supreme Court.
NEXT – Supreme Court Trial of
Stephen Seneviratne
and Appeal to the Privy Council – Part 2 (The writer expresses his
gratitude to Firoz
Sameer, for having provided him with some literature
regarding this case)
Sunday Times July 6 2014
The family
tree has also been included under the Sinhala Family
genealogy pages since they
belong to both the Burgher and Sinhala communities