Trinity College (Kandy)

Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka, was founded in 1872, by the Principal Rev. Richard Collins.

Notable Alumni

AMBASSADORS & INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS

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• Jayantha Dhanapala - UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs 1998-2003, former Ambassador to the United States, and Sri Lanka's candidate for the post of UN Secretary General in 2006.
• M. V. Muhsin - Vice President and CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the World Bank
• Sir Richard Aluwihare - First Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and later High Commissioner to India
• Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy - Former Ceylonese High Commissioner to Canada and Senior Civil Servant
• Nihal Rodrigo - Former Secretary-General of SAARC, Top Sri Lankan Civil Servant and Diplomat
• Chandra Monerawela - Former Chief of Protocol (Sri Lanka) and High Commissioner to the UK
• Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva - Former Ambassador to France, Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, MP, Mayor and Barrister
• R.A. Kannangara - Former Ambassador to Italy
• N.Q. Dias - Former High Commissioner to India
• K. Kanagasunderam - Former Higher Commissioner to Malaysia
• J.C.T. Kotelawela - Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union
• M.M. Maharoof - Former High Commissioner to Pakistan and Malaysia
• A.C.L. Ratwatte - Former High Commissioner to Ghana and Malaysia
• S.P. Wickremasinghe - Former Ambassador to West Germany

ARTISTS

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• George Keyt - Internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan Artist
• Stanley Kirinde - Sri Lankan Artist
• David Paynter - Sri Lankan Artist

CABINET MINISTERS & PROMINENT LEGISLATORS

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• Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar - Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, President's Counsel, President of the Oxford Union, Honorary Master of the Inner Temple, and Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
• Hon. T.B.L.Moonemalle - Kandyan Member of the Legislative Council (1906-1912), Ceylon
• Adigar Sir T.B.Panabokke - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (1931-36) and Member of the Legislative Council (1921-24)
• Hon. Peri Sunderam - Cabinet Minister (Labour, Industry and Commerce, 1931-36), Ceylon
• Hon. E.A.Nugawela - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (1947-1952)
• Hon. P.B.Bulankulame Dissawe - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (1947-52)
• Hon. B.H.Dunuwille - Deputy President of the Senate (1947-70), Ceylon
• Hon. B.H.Aluwihare - Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (Education, Cultural Affairs, Labour, Industries and Fisheries, 1960)
• Hon. R.S.Pelpola - Speaker of the Ceylonese House of Representatives (1960-64), Cabinet Minister (1964-65), and later High Commissioner to Malaysia
• Sir Cuda Ratwatte- The first Kandyan Knight
• Hon. Hector Kobbekaduwa - Former Minister of Agricultural Affairs and Presidential candidate, Sri Lanka
• Hon. E.L.Senanayake - Former Speaker and Cabinet Minister, Sri Lanka
• Hon.Gamini Dissanayake - President's Counsel, former Cabinet Minister and Presidential candidate, Sri Lanka
• Hon. J.H.S.V.Jayawickrema - Former Ceylonese Cabinet Minister (Justice)
• Hon. E.L.B.Hurulle - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister
• Hon. P.C.Imbulana - Former Sri Lankan MP, Cabinet Minister, and Governer of the Central & Uva Provinces
• Hon. Lakshman Jayakody - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister
• Hon. M.D.H.Jayawardene - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister
• Hon. Anuruddha Ratwatte - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Power & Energy) and Deputy Minister for Defence
• Hon. Batty Weerakoon - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister & General Secretary of The Lanka sama samaja Party (LSSP)
• Hon. Dr Sarath Amunugama - Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Finance)
• Hon. Prof Tissa Vitharana - Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister (Science & Technology)
• Hon. R.Yogarajan- MP, Vice President of The Ceylon Workers Congress.

CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

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• Cecil Balmond - Chairman of Arup (Europe) and winner of some of the World's most prestigous prizes in Architecture and Design Engineering
• Rajiv De Silva - President, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
• Chandra Wijenaike - Founder Director of Hatton National Bank and Chairman of Central Finance,Deputy Chairman of Nations Trust Bank; all leading blue-chip companies in Sri Lanka
• Stanley Jayawardena - Former Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
• Susantha Ratnayake - Deputy Chairman and Joint Managing Director of John Keells Holdings (Parent Company), one of the largest blue-chip companies in Sri Lanka
• Nahil Wijesuriya - Entrepreneur, and Chairman of the East West Group, Sri Lanka

CHIEFS OF THE DEFENCE SERVICES

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• Lt. General Denzil Kobbekaduwa - (RWP RSP VSV USP)
• John Attygalle - Former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Rudra Rajasingham - Former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
• Maj. Gen A.R.Udugama MBE - Former Commander of the Army, Ceylon
• Maj.General Parami Kulatunga - Sri Lankan armed forces commander for the Vanni

CIVIL SERVANTS & HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

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• Dr Nihal Kappagoda - First Ceylonese Rhodes Scholar and later Director-General, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance & Planning
• Dr Ernest Abeyratne - Former Director of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
• A. Jayaram - Former Chief of the Intelligence Bureau, India
• Deshamanya Dr Jayantha Kelegama - Sri Lankan Economist and Senior Civil Servant
• Bertram Tittawela - Former Secretary General of Parliament, Sri Lanka
• Dr H.N.S.Karunatilaka - Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• W. Tennakoon - Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon
• S.M.L. Marikkar - Former Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka
• A.S. Kohobanwickrema - Former Cabinet Secretary

JUDGES & SENIOR COUNSEL

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• Rt. Hon. L. M. D. De Silva KC - Privy Counsellor (1953-62) and Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
• Desmond De Silva QC - Head of one of the foremost and longest established Barristers' Chambers in the UK
• Michael Kagwa - President of the Ugandan Industrial Court, and son of Sir Apolo Kagwa (Chief Regent of Buganda, 1890-1926). Later assassinated by President Idi Amin.
• Hon. H.N.G.Fernando - Barrister and former Chief Justice, Ceylon
• Justice S. I. Imam - Appeal Court Judge, Sri Lanka
• D.St.C.B.Jansze QC - Former Attorney General, Ceylon
• Serwano Kityaba Kulubya - Famous Ugandan Nationalist, Barrister and Judge
• Faiz Mustapha - President's Counsel, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, and former High Commissioner to the UK
• Sepala Munasinghe - Barrister and Chairman of the UK Social Security Appeals Tribunal (1986-99) and UK Disability Appeals Tribunal (1991-99)
• Justice Barnes S.C.Ratwatte - Former President of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Judge, Ceylon
• Hon. Neville Samarakoon QC - Former Chief Justice, Sri Lanka
• Hon. Sarath N. Silva - Chief Justice, Sri Lanka
• Justice Nissanka Udalagama - President of the Appeal court,Sri Lanka
• Noel Tittawela - Former Senior Crown Counsel
• Justice D.P.S. Gunasekera - Former Supreme Court Judge, Sri Lanka

MAYORS

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• Hon. Harindra Dunuwille - Former Mayor of Kandy
• Hon. Kesara Senanayake - Present Mayor of Kandy

PRELATES

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• Rev. Madugalle Sri Sumana Siddhartha Dharmasiddi - Former Prelate (Mahanayake Thero) of the Malwatte Chapter, Sri Lanka
• Rev. Udugama Sri Buddharakitha Rathanapala - Former Prelate (Mahanayake Thero) of the Asgiriya Chapter, Sri Lanka
• Rt.Revd Sydney Knight - Dean of the Anglican Cathedral, Diocese of Colombo

ROYALTY

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• HRH Capt. Prince (Kiweewa) George William Mawanda Chwa - ADC to the King and son of HRH Kabaka Sir Daudi Chwa II, King of Buganda (1897-1939)
• HRH Prince Hasan Farid Didi - Maldivian Minister for the Interior and son of HRH the Sultan Elect of the Maldives (1945)

SCHOOL HEADMASTERS AND PRINCIPALS

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• C.E.Simithrarachchi - First Ceylonese Principal of Trinity College, Kandy
• L.E. Blaze - Founder and first Pricipal of Kingswood College, Kandy
• Hillary Abeyratne - Former Vice-Principal of Trinity College, Kandy

SENIOR JOURNALISTS

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• Ajith Samaranayake - Editor of the Ceylon Observer, the oldest English language newspaper in Sri Lanka, & Editor-in-chief of the Lake House Group
• Arjuna Ranawana - Sri Lankan Journalist (former Asiaweek Staff Correspondent)
• C. Drieberg - Former Editor of the Ceylon Observer
• H.A.J. Hulugalle - Former Editor of the Ceylon Daily News
• A. E. Moreira - Former Editor of the Times of Ceylon
• R.B. Tammita - Former Editor of the Times of Ceylon
• C.J. Staples - Former Editor of the Ceylon Independent
• Wilson Gnanadas- News Editor of the Sunday Leader

SPORTSMEN (International)

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• Dilip Kumar - Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union
• Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lankan Cricketer
• Duncan White MBE - Olympic Silver Medallist, Ceylon
• Harris Omar - Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Ravi Ratnayeke - Former Sri Lankan Cricketer and vice-captain
• Malcom Wright- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Mike de Alwis- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Nimal Maralande- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Y. C. Chang- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• S. B. Pilapitiya- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Irwin Howie- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Lanil Tennakoon- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Tikiri Marambe- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Pradeep Basnayake- Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain
• Kaushalya Weeraratne - Sri Lankan Cricketer

UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

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• Prof. Arjuna Aluvihare - Former Professor of Surgery and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya
• Prof. Ralph Panabokke - Former Professor of Pathology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya
• Dr Gishan Dissanaike - Financial Economist and Senior Don at Cambridge University
• Prof. Naren Chitty - Associate Professor and Director of the Macquarie University Centre for International Communication, Australia
• Prof. Senaka Bibile - Former Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and founder of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Prof. C.B. Dissanayake - Professor of Geology, University of Peradeniya, and former Director of the Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka
• Prof. W.R.Breckenridge - Professor of Zoology at the University of Peradeniya and later Principal of Trinity College, Kandy
• Prof. Wimal Dissanayake
• Prof. Lakshman Kannangara - Former Professor of Physics, University of Colombo
• Prof. U.R. Sangakkara - Senior Professor, University of Peradeniya
• Prof. S. Walter Perera - Professor of English, University of Peradeniya
• Prof. S.B. Dissanayake - Former Professor of Dentistry, University of Peradeniya
• Prof. Malik Ranasinghe - Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
• Prof. Kemal Ismail Deen - Professor of Surgery, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

OTHER PROMINENT ALUMNI

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• Capt. Saliya Aladeniya-(VWV WWV) Refused to abandon the injured, fought bravely until the Kokavil camp was overrun.
• Bandula Jayasekara - Journalist
• Jayanthissa Kehelpannala - Managing Director of Keells Hotels Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary company of John Keells Holdings
• Dudeepa Ratwatte - CEO of First Capital Asset Management, a subsidiary of First Capital Group, Sri Lanka.
• Eranjith Wijenaike - Managing Director of Central Finance