Clement Johnston Black

Clement Johnston Black (7 May 1888 - 18 December 1967) was a Chartered Accountant and a member of the 1st and 2nd State Councils of Ceylon.

Clement Johnston Black was born on 7 May 1888 in Midbothian, Scotland.[1] He was educated in Glasgow and travelled to Ceylon in 1913. He was employed as an Accountant at Walker, Sons & Company Limited and as a Company Director on a number of firms including, Colombo Stores Ltd, Ceylon Printers Ltd, Ceylon Theatres Ltd, Ceylon Hotels Ltd, and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Company Ltd.[2]

Black was appointed to the 1st State Council of Ceylon on 25 March 1935 and was re-appointed to the 2nd State Council in 1936,[3] where he served on the Executive Committee of Home Affairs.[2][4]

He served as one of the first Company Directors of the Bank of Ceylon, from its initial establishment in 1939 until 1942, when he was replaced by E. P. A. Fernando.[5][6]

Black married Mildred Beryl née Buckman, with whom he had four children; one son and three daughters.[1]

Black died on 18 December 1967 in Saint Saviour, Jersey.[7]

References
  1. Who's Who of Ceylon - 3rd Edition. 1920. p. 20.
  2. Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. Colombo: The Ceylon Observer Press. 1946. pp. 43–44.
  3. Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. p. 22.
  4. The Colonial Office List, Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Empire, List of Officers Serving in the Colonies, Etc - Issue 205. Colonial Office. 1947. p. 81.
  5. Wijesinghe, Mallory E. (1976). The economy of Sri Lanka, 1948-1975. Ranco. p. 88.
  6. Expanding horizons: Bank of Ceylon's first 50 years. Bank of Ceylon. 1989. p. 120. ISBN 9789559071006.
  7. "The Accountant's Magazine". 72. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 1968: 97. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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