Sri Lanka Sinhala Family Genealogy
ILANGAKOONE Family
#3169
ILANGAKON
When King Wijayabahu, the brother
of King Parakramabahu
who occupied the throne on the mental incapacity of the
latter, was put to
death as a result of a popular uprising, and King
Bhuwanekabahu was
elected in his place, the feudatory kingship of Sitawaka
was allotted to
the king’s brother Mayadunne on the advice of Ilancon.
The
same writer records that Ilancon was put to death in
1543 by King
Bhuwanekabahu’s son in law, Vidiye Bandara, when
sent to replace the
latter in the command of the army operating against the
udarata. If in
1521 Ilancon was old enough to be a Minister of
the King, and in
1543 was young enough to be considered to be placed in command
of an army
in the field, it is safe to presume that he was born about 1480.
The murdered man’s adherents took refuge
in Sitawaka, and busily
engaged themselves in fermenting hostilities against Jayewardene
Kotte.
And in 1593 after the death of Ra Singha Deviyo, his
most distinguished
commander, Mannamperuma Mukewetti, otherwise Jayawira
Bandara,
rose to revolt against his youthful successor on the throne
It was Illangcon
modelier who commanded the army, which for a time
successfully checked the
threatening danger. This Mudaliyar must have been the
father of Menikhami
and can be identified with Samarajiv’s, Sriendra
Wijayawardena Ilangakon.
(Page 9 Dias
Abeysinghe book says, Ilangakon
or Ilanganaraen in tamil means ,Lord of Island.)
(From Some Sinhalese Families part
4-page14 & 15 by Sir Paul Pieris)
1 Sepala Adigar Illangakon
b1480-d1543 Adigar of
King Bhuwanekabahu V11, Was in command of a army
(Sepala was
murdered, by king Bhuwanekabahu's ,son in law, Vidiye Bandara)
2 Sriendra
Wijewardena Illangakon Mudaliyar b
approx 1515, was a alive in 1593 (Sriendra crossed over to
Mayadunne of
Sitawaka, after the murder of his father.)(Son of
above)(Sirendra had 2
children)
3 (1) Menikhami
Illangakon b
approx 1555 alive in 1610 + Attanayake of the court of
Ra-Singha Deviyo.(Menikhami
was well versed in both Pali and Sanskrit, and inspired the
literary star, Alagiyawanna
Mohottala to complete in 1610,the well known Kusajathakaya.)
3 (2) Dom
Diogoe Illangakon
Mudaliyar b approx 1560, alive 1638 d1656 (Warawatte Ralahami of
Matara)(Warawatte is said to be a hamlet in Kapugama.)2
children. 4 (1),4 (2)
4 (1) Daughter+ Walgama
Dissanayake Mohottiar alive 1662 (Welgam Willawatte
Mohottiar)4 children
5
(1) Siriwesari Mohotti Appuhamy + Dona
Catharina
6
Daughter
b:1670
6
Aentchelie
b:1673 (Don Joan Appuhamy) + (Md1) Catherina
7
Manual
7
Phillip
7
Susen
7
Son
6
Don
Joan Appuhamy + (Md2) Maria
7
Ana
7
Sisilia
7
Johana
7
Laurensia
5
(2) Don Simon
Ilangakon 35 years
5
(3) Grazia Ilangakon,
15 years
5 (4)
Pawistina + Atteluye
Dissanayake Appuhamy, d:1682
6
Pedro, b:1675
6
Clara, b:1674
3 (2) 4 (2) Ilangakon
Mudliyar of
Warawatte, b approx:1610, d:1699-1700 + Ilangakon
Lama Etini (This
Ilangakon mudliyar, is probably the
warrior, who participated in the battle of Balana Pass,
Gannoruwa (1638),where
the Portuguese suffered defeat.(1 child)
(Ilangakon Lama Etini residing in
Warawatte of Kapoegama in
Wellebode Pattoe in Mature, donated fields to temple at
Weregampitte in 1708
3 (2)4 (2) 5 Don
Simon Ilangakon Appuhamy b
approx 1650(d between:1717-1721)+ Dona Susana Seneviratne(as
Ilangakon Appuhamy
performed his duties well, He was appointed Mohottiar by Dutch
Governor Gerrit
de Heeere on 20/6/1701,in Matara Disawa. He was appointed
Mudaliyar by Hendrick
Becker on 1/9/1708)(He was appointed Athapattu Mudliyar. His
wife Susana Seneviratne
was a daughter of Adikaram Seneviratne of Matara.(1
child)(lived in Galle, and
was a Sinhalese Christian in 1690.)
3 (2) 4(2) 5, 6 Don
Simon Wijewardhane Ilangakon
(Mudaliyar of Attapattu), b approx 1680-d:14/10/1749 + Dona
Ana de Saa Lama
Etini(daughter of Don Matthes de Saa Wickramanayake Abeykoon
Mudliyar and his
wife, Dona Florentina de Costa)(Don Simon was banished to
Tutucoryn from 1738
to 1741)(Don Simon enjoyed the Patabendi name
Wijewardene)(Chieftains of Ceylon
page 85)(Dona Ana had inherited the land named Pokune watta)(3
children)7(1) to
7(3)
Simon Ilangakoon Senior and Junior were
awarded two gold medals in 1722
and 1731.
7(1) Dona
Florentina Ilangakon bp: 1732, d:1760 + (m1749)Elapatte
Appuhamine Don
Constanian Wiradiwakkara Jayathilake Mohandiram
3 (2)4 (2),5.6,7(2) Don Abraham
bp:1731 On 15/11/1747(d1760) made
organizer of 4 gravets of Matara And then he was named Don
Matthys Ilangakon
Appuhamy He is mentioned as Wijayasundera Abeykon
Mohandiram in 1750
On 16/10/1760,Don Matthys Seneviratne Ilangakon
Mohandiram
performed the duties of Mudaliyar of Coraal of Morawaka Corale
He married
in 1752 Dona Joeana Wickremasinghe Seneviratne,
daughter of
Don Theodoos Wickremasinghe Seneviratne Moedianse
(addition of the
Seneviratne name to the patabendi name of Ilangakon
Mohandiram may be, because
he married from the Seneviratne family )(it is said that when
Alexander
Manamperi was banished from Morawak Korale, Matthys filled the
vacancy and was
given the Honorific name Senevirartne with 7 Lascaryns, Double
Gold chain and a
medal.)Don Matthys Seneviratne Ilangakon died in 1763 in
rebellion No
information has been traced as to whether his association with
the king’s army
was voluntary or not and the nature of his death
(By 1773 in
this household there were 7 adult slaves and 18 child
slaves/servants)(in 1747
he was placed in charge of oil distillers' and lime kilns)(2
children)
8(1) Dona
Laurensia
Ilangakon + David
Wijesekere Jayathilakeratne
de Saram Mudaliyar (alive28/2/1793)of
Gangaboda pattu (son of
Domingo Siriwardhana and Catharina, and grand son of Anthonan
de Saram
Wiresinghe Siriwardhana) (3126)
3 (2)4 (2)5,6,7(2),8(2) Don
Theodoos Seneviratne Ilangakon,
b1758-d:1797 (held the office of Kodithuwakku Mohandiram as
Seneviratne
Ilangakon Mohandiram) + Claudina Perera Ekanayake,
d:27/9/1816 (daughter
of Anthony Perera Wickramaratne Ekanayake Mudaliyar)2
children.
9(1)
Don Matthys de Saa Ilangakon d:1821.no
issue
9(2)
Dona Ana de Saa Ilangakon (Assensia) d:1821+ Gerald
de Saram (Herat
de
Saram Appuhami (b1/7/1787 d11/10/1833)(Mudaliyar Gangaboda
pattu)(Herath
Wijesekera Jayathilakaratne)son of Louis de
Saram Wijesekere,
MD in 1806) (3126)3 children.
10
Francina de Saram
10 Wilhelmina de Saram + Johannes Abeysinghe
Wijewardena (Son of Johannes Christoffel Wijewardena
Samarakoon Mohandiram,
bp:1768 and Sara Lodowyk)
10 Cornelia de Saram
3 (2)4 (2),5,6,7(3)Don Joan
Ilangakon Appuhamy bap:1728,
d:5/4/ 1782 He was appointed Maha Mohoti Mohandiram And in
1748 appointed Maha
Mudaliyar And then he was named Don Joan Abayasiriwardhana
Ilangakon
Maha Mudaliyar He 1st married Susanna de
Melho
(d:1763)daughter of Simon de Melho Mudaliyar (Simon de
Melho Mudaliyar
from the Christian Chetty Community-money lender who lived in
Colombo)(from
this marriage 2 children)(he had 2 marriages)(2hd marriage
M16/5/1764 to
Catherina Tennakoon.)
Joan Ilangakon M1 +Susana de Melho,
children 8(1) and 8(2)
Joan Ilangakon M2+Catherina Tennakoon
,children 8(3) to 8(6)
Joan Abeysiriwardena Illangakon MM was banished from Ceylon to Cape
of Good Hope, on 3/5/1758 for untrustworthiness and traitorous
acts But
later after investigation he was brought back to Ceylon ,as
the Dutch had made
a mistake In 1766 the Mudaliyar had shown special
aptitude during peace
negotiations with Kings envoys and company commissioner
He also had
translated a treaty of Peace In recognition he was given
a gold chain
weighing 35 pagodas
3 (2)4 (2),5,6,7(3),8(1)Don Simon
Petrus Abeysiriwardhana
Ilangakon Maha Mudaliyar (maha mudliyar on
24/9/1791) d:17/3/1794 (m1771)+
Dona
Florentina de
Saa Bandaranaike
d30/12/1835
(daughter of Don Francisco de Saa Abayawickrema Bandaranaike
Maha
Mohottala)(3 daughters)
9(1) Dona Katharina Ilangakon+
md in 1792 Don Constanyn Wickremasinghe Amarasekere
Appuhami Mudaliyar
9(2) Dona Welhelmina Katharina Ilangakon + Md1 Don
Francisco and after
his death, Md2
9(2) Dona
Welhilmina Katharina Ilangakoon + Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere
(Md in 1820)Guard Mudaliyar Galle (his 2hd marriage)1 child
10 William
Alexander Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere b approx 1815+
Anna Petrenella
Disanayake Tillekeratne daughter of WF Dissanaike
Tillakeratne Mudaliyar
(Did William Alexander have 5 children.)
9(3)
Dona Anna Susana Florentina Rosina Ilangakon +
Don Joean
Tennakoon Appuhamy Mudaliyar (4 children)
10 Maria Florentina Tennakon
10 Anna Tennakon
10 Henry Martin Tennakon Mohandiram
10 Dionysis Andreas Tennakon Appuhamy
8 (2) Adriana
Gertruda
Ilangakon bp:9/4/1752-d1/9/1790 + Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere
Maha Mudaliyar(md:1766)(b:8/5/1719 d:10/5/1794) 3
children. 9(1),
9(2), 9(3) (Son of Phillip Dias
Abeysinghe.
9
(1) Johannes Welhelmus Dias Abeysinghe Mohandiram
b1771 +
Dona
Maria isabella Bandaranaike (d of
Conrad
Peter Dias Bandaranaike MM and Louisa Atapattu (1001)9
children (10 (1) to
10(9))
10
(1) Johannes Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe b:1800+Dona Perera
10
(2) Johannes Gustaaf Dias Abeysinghe b:1802
10
(3) Simon Fredrick Dias Abeysinghe b:1802-d1845
Interpreter
Mudliyar
10
(4) Dona Florentina Dias Abeysinghe bp15/10/1795+
(md2/10/1809)Simon
de Livera Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale (Son of Balthazar de
Livera)His 2hd marriage(see
de Livera family tree 3109) 6 children
11
Fredrick de Livera bp 9/8/1813 became District Judge
Matara
10(5)
Florentina Leonara Dias Abeysinghe bp:1806+ Phillip
Wijekoon Panditharatne
Mohandiram (1002)(Son of John
Philipz Panditharatne
11
Jhon Leonard Wijekon Panditharatne Mudaliyar
Gangaboda pattu +
Sussana Illangakon (daughter of David Illangakon Mudaliyar)
11
Gertruda Panditharatne + Jhon Dias
Bandaranaike Mohandiram
11
Wilhelmina Henrietta Panditharatne + Johannes
Jacobus de Saram
Wijesekere Abeyratne Mudaliyar b:6/4/1791Mudaliyar of the
Governor Gate, Assistant Interpreter to his Excellency the
Governor and
Superintendent of Ambatellen Pahala (3126)
12
Phillip de Saram
12
Peter George de Saram (STC) b:1852 (Police
Magistrate)+Florence Ellen de Alwis
13
Clarice de Saram + Dr Valentine
Goonaratne (Son of ERJ Gooneratne) – see notes below
13
Lionel Wellington(duke) de Saram + Ethel Pieris
14
Helen de Saram + Oscar de
Livera
15
Asela de
Livera + Shama Dassenaike
16
Ashan
de Livera
16
Shanila
de Livera
14
Phillip de Saram
13
Beatrice de Saram +
Arthur Dassenaike
13
Helen de Saram
13
Elsi de Saram +
Guy Dassenaike
14
Naomi
Dassenaike + Titus Abeysundere
15
Hiranthi
Abeysundere
15
Shirani
Abeysundere
14
Alistaire
Dassenaike + Erin Perera
14
Territ
Dassenaike
14
Yvette
Dassenaike + Upali Seneviratne
15
Aanjanee
June Seneviratne
15
Upamalie
Seneviratne
13
Cyril de
Saram + Linda de Alwis
14
Cynthia
de Saram d:2010 + Berte de Alwis
15
Christine
de Alwis
14
Sheila
de Saram + Basil de Alwis
15
Devinda
de
Alwis
15
Sharnelle
de Alwis
15
Rohan
de Alwis
15
Niloo
de Alwis
14
Neliya
de Saram
13
Maud(Girlie) de
Saram + Cyril Tillakeratne
14
Patrick Tillakeratne
15
Patricia Tillakeratne
+ Eric de Livera
16
Priyanee
de Livera
10(6) Clara Louisa Dias
Abeysinghe
10(7) Cornelius Dias
Abeysinghe
10(8) Andreas Dias
Abeysinghe
10(9) Louisa Maria Dias
Abeysinghe
11 Phillip
Gysbertus Wijesekere Panditharatne Mohandiram (Phillip
Panditharatne’s son)
+ (1md) Florentina daughter of JW Dias Abeysinghe (md
2hd) Angenitta
Catharina Ekanayake daughter of Perera Ekanaike Mudaliyar
12 Anna Florentina
Panditharatne,b2/2/1836-d1/2/1890, M1854 Don Christoffel
Henricus Dias
Bandaranayake,Mudliyar Siyane Korale.
9(2) Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere
Mudaliyar + (m1)in 22/7/1798 Dona Hetroyda,
daughter of Don
Johannes Wijewardena Navaratna Tennakon Mudaliyar(5
children) 10(1)to10(5)
10(1)
Adriana Gertruda
b:1800 + Don David Jayathileke Goonaratne Mohotti
Mudaliyar
10(2)
Abraham Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe Wijewardene Mudaliyar b:6/4/1801,Mudaliyar of
the Gate and
Atapattu, Interpreter of the Cutcherry of Point de Galle + daughter
of Don
Bastian Goonaratne Mudaliyar -4 children 11(1) to11(4)
11(1)
Rev Abraham Dias Abeysinghe b approx 1832-1903
(Advocate of Supreme
Court)(Guard Mudaliyar)(below children possibly from his 2hd
marriage, see dias
abeysinghe family tree.)
M1 Charlotte Dias Bandaranaike (2
children)
12 Laura Dias
Abeysinghe
12 Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe, crown proctor b1858+ Venitia Emily de Livera
1856-1935, d of
Franciscus de Livera ,6 children (see de
Livera family tree 3109)
13 (1) Ethel Mildred
Dias Abeysinghe b6/4/1889(Founder member of Old girls
association,of Ladies
College in 1909)+Md24/10/1918 Stephen Walter Dias Bandaranaike
b11/8/1895 (Son
of Walter Dias Bandaranayaka)(Stephen W
DB,(Lieut.Cey.Light.Infantry)
14 Etinne Dias
Bandaranayake b7/10/1927 +Leonard Dias Bandaranayake (Son of
Harry Peter DB)
15 Rev Suresh
Dias Bandaranayake +Daphne Hope Ratnaike
15
Roshanara Dias Bandaranayaka + Sunil
Bandaranaike (Son of Kingsley de Saa Bandaranaike and Trixie
Seneviratne)
16
Rosunthi Bandaranaike +Kumar Perera
13 (2) Freda Muriel
Dias Abeysinghe+Md 10/2/1924 (his 2d marriage)Reginold Felix
Dias Bandaranayake
b17/1/1891-d26/10/1951 (Pusine Judge)
14 Christine
Manel Dias Bandaranayake b22/2/1928-1967 +David Blackler
14 Felix Reginald
Dias Bandaranayaka,b5/11/1930-d26/6/1985,(Minister of Public
Affairs+Muthulakshmi Jayasundera
15 Christine
Wickremanayake (adopted)
13 (3)Bertie Dias
Abeysinghe +Ivette Samarakoon
13
(4) Nora Dias Abeysinghe
b1902+Dr Albert Christopher Seneviratne
14 Nihal
Seneviratne,Pilot,d1952
14 Gamini
Seneviratne
14 Asoka
Seneviratne
13 (5) John Edmund
Dias Abeysinghe,b1893-d1968 Police Officer.
13 (6)Edith Dias
Abeysinghe,b1895-d1923+Geo Udugama, Proctor,Matale
11(1)Rev Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe
b1832,.M2 Jane Perera-5 children -12(1) to 12(5)
12(1) Eugine Godfred Dias
Abeysinghe b:1868-d22/1/1911 Surveyor (STC &
Royal)(Mudaliyar Bentota
Wallalwita Korale + (1) daughter of AJ Perera
12
2nd spouse of Eugine Godfred Dias
Abeysinghe b:1868 + daughter of AJ Perera
12(2)
Don Abraham Dias Abeysinghe b:1874
(Proctor)(STC)Colonial Chaplain + Eva Gooneratne, daughter
of ER Gooneratne,
Atapattu Mudliyar Galle.(8 children.)
(Edna, Dorathy, Roland, Rev Felix DA,
Stanley, Vernon, Estelle and Mavis)See
Dias Abeysinghe tree
12(3)Gerald
Dias
Abeysinghe
12(4)Madeline
Dias Abeysinghe +Alfred
Tillekeratne
12(5)Maud
Dias Abeysinghe
11(2) Ana Catherina Dias
Abeysinghe + Andreas Tillekeratne
9(2), 10(2), 11(3) Fredricka Dias
Abeysinghe(b approx 1840)(m8/12/1862)
+James de Livera (lawyer b approx 1835)(9 children, see de Livera family tree) m approx 1875 (d of
Abraham Nicholas
Dias Abeysinghe)
12 Violet
de
Livera
12 Jane de
Livera
12 Ella de
Livera
12 Albert de
Livera
12 Edmund de
Livera
12 Ronald de
Livera
12 Percy de
Livera
12 Flora de
Livera
12
Godwin de Livera (d1921)+ Charlotte Samarakkody
(1880-1970)(6
children)
13 Louis
Charles de Livera (1919-1969,Lawyer)+ Gertrude Seneviratne
(b1931-d2023)
14
Sunil de Livera d
1956-2003
14 Manjula de
Livera b1960(Accountant)+Lakshmi
Arulanandam b1965 (migrated to Australia in 2006)
15
Rahul de
Livera b1994
15
Shruti de Livera
b2001
14
Lankika de Livera (1964-2011)+ Prasanna Panditharatne d 2009
15
Kusan
Panditharatne b1995
11(4)
Caroline Dias Abeysinghe d6/10/1908+ Francis Earnest
Jayethileke Gooneratne ,Mohotti
Mudliyar Galle.(md
20/5/1861)
10(3)
Petrus Abeysinghe Siriwardena Mudaliyar of the Gate
b:1807 + (1) Maria
d of Hendrick de Saram
Mudaliyar
And + (md 2nd Arnoldina Angelthina daughter of
Don Simon
Tennakon Mudaliyar (3126)
10(4)
Johannes Abeysinghe Wijewardena Mudaliyar of the
wellaboda Pattu + Wilhelmina
daughter of G de Saram
Mudaliyar (3126)
10(5)
Henry Thomas Abeysinghe Amarasekere Mudaliyar of
Bentota +
Dorothea daughter of Adrian de Silva Goonathilake Mudaliyar
9(2)
Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere + (md 2nd) Wilhelmina
Catharina daughter
of Don Simon Petrus Illangakon Mudaliyar (md
in 1820)1
child.
10 William Alexander Dias Abeysinghe + daughter of WF
Dissanaike Tillekaratne
Mudaliyar.
11
Abraham Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
11
Dias Abeysinghe
11
Dias Abeysinghe
11
Dias Abeysinghe
11
Dias Abeysinghe
9 (3)
Dona Ana Hertroyda Dias
Abeysinghe d1803 + Don Bastian Jayathilleke Gooneratna
Attapattu Mudaliyar of
Galle (Son of Philippoe Jayathileke Gooneratne Mudaliyar and
Juana Abeysinghe)
md:21/1/1792
10
Daughter + Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Wijewardena b:1801
8 Hetroyda
Illangakon, d:1790
3 (2)4 (2), 5,6,7(3) Don Joan
Abayasiriwardhana Ilangakon, Maha
Mudliyar 2nd married in 16/5/1764 Dona Catharina
Tennakoon
d
:11/6/1787
Daughter of Don Simon Wijewardhana Tennakon Mudaliyar and Dona
Catharina
Jayathilleke(4 children)
After
Joan Illangakon’s death
Catharina re married to Joean Abeysiriwardhana Guneratne
Mudaliyar ,but no
children.
8 (3) Don Balthazar
Wijewardena Ilangakon b 1776,Atapattu Mudaliyar Matara
in 1804.
8 (4) Don Joan
Abeysiriwardhana Ilangakon Mudaliyar bp:1784
m1799+ Johanna
Clara de Saram
(daughter
of David de Saram Wijeysekere Jayathilakaratne Mudaliyar ,
Grand daughter of
Jayathilaka Wirasuriya Mudaliyar) (3126)(Joan Abeysiriwardena
Ilangakoon was
banished from Ceylon, due to untrustworthiness and treasureous
acts. But later
was brought back.)
8 (5) Dona
Ana Catharina
Ilangakon b1775 -d1798+ md (1):1795 Thomas Rodrigo
Wijeratne
Siriwardhana Mudaliyar Giruwa Pattu (only 1 daughter)
9 daughter +Don Phillip Ferdinandez
Wijeratne Obeyesekere Maha Mudliyar
of Kataluwa Walauwwa.(2 children)
10(1) Maha Mudliyar
Lambertus Obeyesekere
11 (1)Mudliyar William
Obeyesekere of Morawaka Korale
11 (2)Mudliyar Harry
Obeyesekere of Gangaboda pattu
11 (3)Muhandiram John
F Obeyesekere, resided at Brooklyn, Bambalapitiya
11 (4)Caroline
Obeyesekere +Theodosius Ganegoda Disawe
11 (5)daughter+ de Saa
Bandaranaike
11 (6)daughter(died a
spinster, lived in Galle)
11 (7)Mimmie
Obeyesekere+ Mudliyar Jayawardene (Atapattu Mudliyar Galle)
10(2) Cornelia Regina
Obeyesekere+ Rev Cornelius Senanayake (b1820-d1886)
11 daughter+ Adigar JH
Meedeniya (b1867-d1931)
12 Adeline
Meedeniya +Sir Francis Molamure (1st Speaker-State Council
Ceylon)(b1888-d1951)
12 Ruby Meedeniya +DR
Wijewardene (1886-1950)
12 Hercules
Meedeniya Rate Mahatmaya+ Violet Ellawala
8(5)
Dona Ana Catharina Ilangakon b1775-d1798
+md (2) Wijeratne Seneviratne Muhandiram
3 (2),4 (2),5,6,7(3),8(6)Don David
Jayathilake Abeysiriwardhana
Ilangakon Maha Mudaliyar (b:1772-Sep1848 )(Kodithuwakku
Mudliyar in
1793,Maha Mudliyar, on 2/3/1799 Mudliyar of Atapattu,
Interpreter to the
collector, Page 70 Chieftains of Ceylon)(Mudliar of 4 gravets
,Mature, Gajanayake
Mudliyar, Maha Mudliyar for all districts, Chilaw to
Mahagmpattu, page 58 Chieftains
of Ceylon)+ (md:1795) Angenita
de Saram
(daughter
of David de Saram Jayathilakaratne Mudliyar of Gangaboda Pattu
Matara,d1815)(David
de Saram's brother Johannes de Saram, was at the same time
Maha Mudliyar in
Colombo. Power was concentrated in the de Saram's and
Ilangakoon at the time
,of the arrival of the British) (Around 1796 power was
concentrated with de
Saram Mudliyars, the writer believes, with the departure of
the Dutch in
1796,houses occupied by powerful dutch people, fell vacant,
and Mudliyars
purchased and occupied them. Atapattu Walauwwa at Barber
Street, Colombo,
Deweni Maha walauwwa at Wolfendhal, were occupied by 3
generations of de Saram
Mudliyars)(3126)(They had 2 children)
Maha Mudaliyar of
the District of Mature and
Chief Interpreter of the Gate, Mudaliyar of the four Gravets
of Mature and
Gajanaike Modaliar,1st Maha Mudaliyar and Chief
Interpreter of the
Governor’s Gate, and Maha Mudaliyar of all the Districts from
Chilaw to
Mahagampatto He was Maha Mudaliyar under Van
de Graaf and
Governor Fredrick North
With the death of King
Rajadhirajasinghe in 1798 and the
succession of King Sri Wickreme Rajasinghe an
inexperienced youth of 18
years ,war again broke out in 1803 There was violent agitation
at all Kings
borders, and once again in 1805 the Disavani of Matara was
invaded For
the services during this time of anxiety the Maha Mudaliyar
was rewarded
according to the ancient custom with gifts of rice fields by
Governor Thomas
Maitland
Don David Jayathilake Abeysiriwardhana
Ilangakon was appointed 1st
Native member of the newly established Landraad of Matara on
17/12/1811
He received a medal from Sir Robert
Brownrigg Governor of Ceylon in
1819 as record of his eminent public service
during the period.
The visit of Governor Thomas
Maitland, to David Jayatilleke Ilangakoon, Maha Mudliyar
residence,(around the
year 1810) details see below.
(Ernest de Saram was appointed Maha
Mudaliyar on 2/11/1847)(Probably
after Ilangakon MM retired)
9 (1)
Susanna
Ilangakoon+ Jhon Leonard Wijekon Panditharatne Mudaliyar
Gangaboda pattu
3 (2)4 (2)5,6,7(3),8(6),9(2)
Petrus Abraham Cornelius Abeysiriwardene Ilangakoon b
approx 1800(Educated
at Seminary Colombo),Mudliyar of Weligam Korale,1822 (Belligam
Corle)(page 70 Chieftains
of Ceylon)and Atapattu Mudliyar Matara, in 1860 +
Francina
de
Saram (daughter of
Martinus de Saram
Wijesiriwardena Mohandiram bp 10/5/1778 ) (Large wedding
ceremony was
held, wedding ceremony ball opened by Lady Brownrigg and
Hon R Boyd) (1 child)
10 John Valentine
David Abeysiriwardena Ilangakoon Gate Mudaliyar and
Mudliyar of Welgam
Korale Matara 1860(b approx 1825)( Son of Petrus
ilangakoon who married
Francina de Saram,(9 above))+(m6/11/1851)Fredrica Cecila Dias
Abeysinghe,b11/10/1834,d
of Johannes Dias Abeysinghe, mudliyar Wellaboda pattu Matara,
and his wife
Wilhelmina de Saram.(He had 2 children)(page 755, 20th Century
impressions of
Ceylon)
11(1) Matilda Ilangakoon b1851,(m5/6/1873)
+ Mudaliyar Edmund Rowland J Goonaratne Atapattu Mudliyar
Galle.
12 Dr
Valentine David Gooneratne b1874 + Clarice de Saram (d of
Peter
de Saram) (3126)
11(2) John Henry
Ilangakoon Mudaliyar
(b 12/12/1853-d2/7/1907) Mudliyar Weligam Korale(md31/8/1881)+
Rosamund
Dias Bandaranaike
b20/9/1862-15 /12/1944-(daughter of Canon Samuel William Dias
Bandaranaike
d:1883) (1001)(8 children)12(1)to 12(8)
12(1) Susanna Millicent Illangakoon b12/5/1883,m23/2/1911+ Oswald C
Tillekeratne 1885-1922 Mudliyar Matara
Kachcherie.
13
Romi
Tillekeratne, d:Aug 2007 (see obit below) + C J (Bucky) De Saram (3126)
14
Mary
Christine De Saram + J M G (Gamini) Perera
14
Christopher
De Saram (ex University of Moratuwa)
14
Siromi
De Saram (University of Colombo - 2007) + Rev Duleep Fernando
15 Ruwan Yahasith
Fernando
15 Avanka Mahikanthi Fernando
12 (2) Blanche Illangakoon b 9/4/1896,born in Kalutara , died
approx 1945.
12(3) Opathissa
Ilangakoon b15/3/1905+ Yolande Obeyesekere
(3051)b26/9/1913-d25/10/1995,d
of James Stanley Obeyesekere (Solicitor General),4 children
13 (1) Anthony Suraj
Ilangakoon,b24/8/1937+Marie Eleanor Perera(m1968)2 children.
14 Ruwani Ilangakoon,b27/10/1971
14 Fiona Ilangakoon,b12/12/1969+Dilkshan
Dhanapala(m1994)
15 Jonathan
15 Joshua
15 Casundra
13 (2) Romesh Ilangakoon
13 (3) Nuala Ilangakoon,b15/6/1941+Lionel
Wijetunga (m1984)
13 (4) Saria Ilangakoon,b28/4/1943+Geoffrey
Weinman (m1964)
14 (1)Richard
14 (2)James
14 (3)Piet
12(4) Don Juan
Samuel (Mike) Ilangakoon (b 27/8/1889)+ (md16/2/
1916)Florence Mary Elapata
(4 children)of Sabaragamuwa.
13 (1)
Michael Llewelyn Christopher Ilangakoon(b3/1/1917)
(former warden Stc Mtl
1977-1982) + Pathma Elikewela (d 1/9/2020)
14 Anoma Ilangakoon +
Indra Obeyesekere
14 Cyraine Ilangakoon + Peru
Laakso
14 Michael Ilangakoon
(b1959)Stc +
Shivanee Wanniarachchi
15 Deshan Ilangakoon
15
Yasara Ilangakoon
13 (2) Egbert
Merril Ilangakoon b1921 + Gertrude
Wickremasinghe
14 Gihan Ilangakoon
13 (3)
Carl Sepala Ilangakoon (Stc)(Planters
Association)(b1923-d25/6/2009) +
Sunethra Seneviratne
14 Yevindra Sepala Ilangakoon
b:1955 + Ymara Dharmaratne
15 Yenushka
Ilangakoon
15 Yovaan Ilangakoon
14 Premila Riyanjani
Ilangakoon (Games captain, Bishop's College)+ G.Dhamitha.V
Perera (Stc
cricketer)
15 Shamitha
Perera
15 Preshith Perera
15 Rishan Perera
13 (4) Nihal
Ilangakoon,b1930+Irangani Dimbulana
12 (5) Simon William
(Chin) Ilangakoon Mudaliyar
(Colombo)b29/5/1887-d1967 + Lillian Augusta Obeyesekere
(3051)(SW
Ilangakoon Mudliyar Welgam Korale1921)(Lilian Obeyesekere is a
daughter of SC
Obeyesekere.)3 children (m21/11/1912)
13 (1)Christophel Panini Illangakoon (b:26/11/1919,
d:10/2/1989),
STC ,MP for Weligama 1956-60, 1970-77 + (M1) Effie Samarakkody (d of Peter Samarakkody)
(He had
become a buddhist and was a dayakaya of Agrobodhi Vihare and
Sri Somananda
Vihare of Weligama)
14
Christoffel Panini
Illangakoon (Jr)b23/5/1942-d28/8/1992,(External degree of
Law)(m1979+Bernadette
Jayawardene-no issue
13
(1) Christophel Panini Ilangakoon
(b26/11/1919-d10/2/1989) MP for Weligama +(M2)Lilly Goonasekere (1 child)
14 Dr
Gamini Ilangakoon (International
Lawyer)b12/7/1955 + Deepthi Grero(m1990)
15 Sanka
Ilangakoon
15 Sulakna Ilangakoon
13 (1) Christophel Panini Ilangakoon
(b26/11/1919-d10/2/1989) MP for Weligama
+(M3)Dona
Vimalawathi Ranatunga (1
child)
14 Ranjan Ilangakoon b1959 +
Manel Illukkumbura b1961
15 Mahesh Ilangakoon b1984
15 Isuri Ilangakoon b1989
15 Rashmi Ilangakoon b 1993
13 (2) Surangani
Ilangakoon
b4/8/1913 unmarried
13
(3) Mahnil Lilette
ilangakoon b21/3/1916-d4/10/1955,m7/12/1944
+ Roland Hugh Dias Abeysinghe
14 Jayanthi Dias Abeysinghe
12
(6) John William Ronald Ilangakoon
b14/6/1885-d13/3/1941+ Annette
Lena Dias Bandaranaike b16/8/1894-1982(daughter
of Felix Reginald
Dias Bandaranaike 1861-1947) He was the 1st
Sinhalese Attorney
General .(25th AG of SL)was in office from 1936 to
1942. He married in
10/4/1914 (1001)(JWR Ilangakoon District Judge 1928)(11th
Solicitor General
1935)(5 children)
13
(1) Ronald Neil Ilangakoon b16/2/1915+ Lynette de
Alwis(d9/8/2003)d of Felix de Alwis
14 Nelunika
Sheami Rowena + DEW Perera(Dayantha)
15 Karen Shanya Ilangakoon Perera
15 Sheena Tiyani Ilangakoon Perera
15 David Janik Ilangakoon Perera
13 (2) Nanette
Christine Ilangakoon
(d5/8/2006) + ECG Wickremasinghe
14 Ranmohan Gitendra Wickremasinghe
14 Christopher
Ravindra Wickremasinghe
13 (3) Anthea
Veronica Ilangakoon
unmarried
13 (4)
Glendora Anne Ilangakoon unmarried
13 (5) Esther Hope Ilangakoon b1/5/1923+ Quintus Tennakoon
14 Nirmalie Serena
Tennekoon
14 Deepthi Christine Tennekoon + Palitha
Senanayake
12(7)Eliza
Constance Rosamund Illangakoon b19/6/1894,died
unmarried.
12(8) David Sepala Ilangakoon,b26/1/1892,Mudliyar
of
Matara, died of typhoid, unmarried.
The following Illangakon
family members are also listed below
A) Nihal
Ilangakoon
B) James Alfred Ilangakoon
Mudaliyar (Police Inspector Gampola)
C) JH Ilangakoon
– nature
writer Matara
D) Mrs
Fredricka Cecilia Dias Ilangakoon
of Matara alive in 1889, friend
of Col Olcott, helped to develop
Buddhism.
E) Daughter of PAC Ilangakoon
+ George Silva
F) Don Henry Jayathilaka
Abeysiriwardena Ilangakoon Mudaliyar
G) Petrus Abraham Cornelis
Abeysiriwardena Ilangakoon Mudaliyar
Beligam Korale.
Carl Sepala Ilangakoon
M
L C Ilangakoon
Panini
Ilangakoon
JW Ronald Ilangakoon +
Annette Dias
Annette
DB &
Ronald Ilangakoon group 1900 Bandaranaike
Gamini
Ilangakoon family, Son's
graduation
Ilangakoon
Walauwwa Matara
and
Tomb stone of
David Jayathileke Ilangakoon
MM b1772.
References:
1) Some Sinhalese families
part 4 by Sir Paul
Pieris
2) Chieftains of Ceylon by
JC Van Sanden
3) 20th Centuary
Impressions of Ceylon
4) Relative Merits –Yasmine
Gooneratne
1
Ekanayake
2 Don Constantyn
Madera de Basto Ekanayake, d:1708
3
Don Constantyn Wijediwakara Ekanatake
Mudaliyar + Dona Maria Tennekoon
3
Dona
Louisa Wijediwakara Ekanayake
+ Joan de Astro Siriwardena Wijeykoon
Mudaliyar
4
Dona Juana Siriwardene Wijekoon
+ Wickremasinghe Senewiratne
Mudaliyar
5 Dona Juana Wickremasinghe Senewiratne
+ Don Matthes Ilangakoon
6 Dona Laurensia
Ilangakoon
6 Don Theodoos
Ilangakoon, Kodituwakku
Muhandiram and also Senewiratne Ilangakoon
Muhandiram of the Springkhandraggers + Claudina Perera
Ekanayake
4
Dona Jebella (Sibillia)
Siriwardene Wijekoon
+
Don laurenso Navaratne
5 Dona Maria Madere de Basto
Navaratne + Don Constantyn Tilakaratne
(also
married Dona Laurensia Wijesinha,
who survived him)
4
Dona Clara Siriwardene Wijekoon
+ Don Gaspar Wickremasinha Senewiratne
3
Don
Gaspar Wanigasekera Abeyratne
Mudaliyar + Dona Laurentina
Navaratne
1
Weerasuriar
2 Don Davith
Jayatilleke Weerasuriya
Mudaliyar
3
Dona
Catherina Weerasuriya + Don Simon
Wijewardene
Tennekoon Mudaliyar,
m:1741
4
Dona Catherina Tennekoon
+ Don Juan Ilangakoon Maha Mudaliyar
5 Davith
Ilangakoon
5 Catharina Ilangakoon + Don
Thomas Rodrigo
5 Balthazaar
Ilangakoon
5 Joan Ilangakoon
4
2nd spouse of Dona Catherina Tennekoon
+ Don Juan Gunaratne Mudaliyar
(no issue)
4
Johannes Wijewardene Tennekoon
Mudaliyar + Dona Ana Gunaratne
3
Dona Assensia Weerasuriya
4
Don Theodoos Wijewickrema
Senewiratne Mudaliyar
4
Don Joan de Alwis Abeysiriwickrema
Jayawardena Mudaliyar (separated
1789)
Daily News Feb 9 2011
Commemorating
Panini Ilangakoon:
Patriot from Ruhuna
We
have
often heard about politicians being bloated with power. But in
our country
we have also had political leaders who having achieved power
through the vote
of the people, in turn serving the people.
Former
Member
of Parliament for Weligama,
Panini Ilangakoon, can be
deservedly described as one of those
benevolent, prominent men of our land. He is not among us
today. Although he
passed away 20 years ago, because of his unassuming, affable,
unostentatious
and benevolent nature, his name and deeds echo and resonate in
the ears of the
people in Ruhuna.
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Panini
Ilangakoon |
The
late
Ilangakoon who held an affable and
amiable
alliance both with the people and his friends was known and
called by them
often affectionately as Pani. To
commemorate such an
amiable and benevolent son of the people, who departed from us
on February 10,
1989, on his death anniversary, is a deed of gratitude.
Simple qualities
Panini
Ilangakoon was the only son of
Gate Mudaliyar Simon William Ilangakoon
and lady Liliyan Augusta Obeysekera.
Pani had inborn, kind, humane and
simple qualities
which he had inherited from his honourable
parents.
It was because he possessed a commanding, kind and pleasant
personality that
were necessary to move and associate with the people that he
was so popular.
Ilangakoon’s mother, who was
a sister of the
mother of the late S W R D Bandaranaike, one of the
distinguished political
leaders of this country, had instilled into and bequeathed to
her only son
Panini several good and gentle endowments. Pani was
born on November 26, 1919 at Weligama.
He received
his primary and secondary education at S Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia. Thereafter he continued his
education at Bangalore
and in the United Kingdom. Having returned to his Motherland
he entered
politics by being without contest elected as independent
member of the Weligama Urban
Council in 1947, which was a very
significant event in his political career.
He
was
an ardent anti-imperialist and a patriotic politician who
never for a
moment thought of being segregated from the people. Ilangakoon
was a blood cousin of S W R D Bandaranaike, the founder of the
Sri Lanka
Freedom Party.
National hero
He
received
membership of the SLFP and contested the Weligama
seat under the party banner in 1952, unsuccessfully. But in
1956, he was
elected MP for Weligama. Although
he was defeated in
the 1960 and 1965 elections, he was again elected as the MP
for Weligama in 1970 with an
overwhelming majority. Nineteen
Seventy to 1977 was his glorious period in politics. For it
was during this
period that he got the Weligama
Central Public Bus
Stand, Divisional Asst. Govt. Agent’s Office. Agricultural
Service Centre,
building built and opened.
He
continued
further in serving and nursing his electorate and got school
buildings and roadways in the electorate improved. It was on
account of his
unrelenting and insatiable desire and determination to serve
his people that
the Urban Council Building at Weligama
and the Mirissa Fisheries Harbour have
been provided for the electorate.
Which
are
two mementoes of service he has rendered. Ever since the
establishment of
these facilities for its inhabitants his name echoes and
re-echoes not only in
the Weligama electorate but also
in the whole of Ruhunu Rata.
To
commemorate
such a patron of the people who had an innate national feeling
at a
time when we are celebrating the 63rd anniversary of
independence would be
analogous to the commemoration of a national hero.
Fitting example
He
helped
the poor, the rich, friend and foe without discrimination.
This outlook
of his as a politician is a fitting example to the fact that
there need be no
rivalry and antagonism in serving the public and in politics.
He
never
even thought of betraying the trust people had reposed in him
as their
representative. It is these characteristics that have
immortalized him in the
Southern Province.
He
sympathetically
endeavoured, listened and
understood
the problems of the poor who sought his assistance and voiced
their grievances
even in Parliament. Ilangakoon,
the popular
representative of the people, having won the hearts of this
people and having
united the progressives of the land, died on February 10, 1989
depriving the Ruhuna of a
patriotic son.
Today
on
his 22nd death anniversary we pray that he be reborn amongst
us till he
attains Nibbana, the supreme
bliss.
Prepared by: Manjula
de Livera
E-Mail: manjuladelivera@yahoo
com au
Date: 26 Jan 2023