Jayewardene family

The Jayewardene family [1] is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in law and politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes President and Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka.

The Jayewardene family
Current region	Colombo
Place of origin	Colombo
Connected families	Wijewardene family
Traditions	Theravada Buddhism
Estate(s)	Braemar, Vaijantha

Family Tree

• Tombi Mudaliyar Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1768–1830) A descendant of a Colombo Chetty originally from Coromandel Coast of India who married into a Sinhalese family called Jayewardene; conspired with the British to overthrow the last King of Kandy
  • Mudaliyar Don Abraham Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1801–1866)
    • James Alfred Jayewardene (c. 1845 – 1888), Deputy Coroner of Colombo + Cornelia Matilda Wijekoon
      • Hector Alfred Jayewardene, (1870 - 1913), member of the Colombo Municipal Council
      • Colonel T. G. Jayewardene (1872–1945), Member of State Council + Lena Attygalle
        • Major T. F. Jayewardene, Member of Parliament
      • Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (1874–1932), Chief Justice + Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardene
        • J. R. Jayewardene (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
        • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene, QC (1916–1990), Member at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
      • John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene (1877 – 1927), Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
        • Clodagh Jayasuriya, Member of Parliament

Other members of the family include;

• F. R. Senanayake
• Sir John Lionel Kotelawala
• Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
• Ranil Wickremesinghe

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka

References

1. "Family #3002 Jayewardene" Check |url= value (help). Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. rootsweb.