Ceylonese recipients of British titles

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19th Century

1890s

1891

Knight Bachelor

1891 - Charles Henry de Soysa, JP, Industrialist and Philanthropist.^[1]^[2]

1892

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)

1892 - Peter Daniel Anthonisz, , an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.

1897

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander, (KCMG)
- 1897 - Frederick Richard Saunders CMG, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

20th Century

1900s

1901

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1901 - Francis Alfred Cooper, Esq., Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon
- 1901 - Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, Esq., on retirement as Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon

Privy Council

1901 - Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

Knight Bachelor

1901 - Archibald Campbell Lawrie, Esq., on retirement as Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

1902

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1902 - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie FitzHardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon.

1903

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1903 - Herbert Wace, Esq., Government Agent of the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

1906

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1906 - Henry Leighton Crawford, Esq., Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

1908

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1908 - Philip David Warren, Esq., Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.

1909

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander, (KCMG)
- 1909 - Hugh Charles Clifford, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

1910s

1911

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1911 - John Penry Lewis, Esq., M.A., late Government Agent for the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

1913

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1913 - John George Fraser, Esq., Acting Government Agent, Western Province, Island of Ceylon.
- 1913 - Leonard William Booth, Esq., Acting Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

1914

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1914 - William Henry Jackson, Esq., lately Controller of Revenue of the Island of Ceylon.
- 1914 - Reginald Edward Stubbs, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

1916

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1916 - Bernard Senior, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

1919

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1919 - Henry Lawson De Mel, Industrialist and Philanthropist.^[3]

1920s

1920

King's Police Medal (KPM)

1920 - Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, Ceylon.

1922

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1922 - Robert Bailey Hellings, Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

1923

Knight Bachelor

1923 - Hilarion Marcus Fernando, MD, Member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.^[4]

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)

Civil Division

1923 - Honorary Colonel Edward James Hayward, , formerly Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery.

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1923 - Edwin Evans, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.

Member, (MBE)

Civil Division

1923 - Nevins Selvadurai, Principal of the Jaffna Hindu College, Jaffna, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.[5]

1923 - Sinnatamby Welayden, Chief Inspector, Vernacular Schools, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.

1925

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander, (KBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1925 - James Peiris, JP, Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.^[6]^[7]

1929

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1929 - Thomas Edward Dutton, General Manager, Government Railway, Ceylon.
Officer, (OBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1929 -Louis Edmund Blaze, Founder and principal of Kingswood College, Kandy, in recognition of his services to Education.
Member, (MBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1929 - Pattinihennedige Warnadipthia Kurukulasuriya Selestina Rodrigo Dias, for charitable services in Ceylon.
  - 1929 - Evelyn Storrs Karney. For child welfare work in the North Central Province of Ceylon.

1930s

1931

Knight Bachelor

1931 - Chevalier Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, public and philanthropic services in Ceylon.^[3]^[8]

1932

Knight Bachelor

1932 - Thomas Martland Ainscough, , His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)

1932 - Major John William Oldfield, , Nominated Member of the State Council, Island of Ceylon. For public services.

Order of the British Empire

Officer, (OBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1932 - Seemampillai Francis Chellappah, Senior Medical Officer of Health, Ceylon.
Member, (MBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1932 - Cissy Cooray. For social welfare services in Ceylon.
  - 1932 - Peter De Abrew. For services to education in Ceylon.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1932 - Lionel Bastiampillai Emmanuel, Office Assistant to the Director of Public Works, Ceylon.

1935

Knight Bachelor

1935 - Thomas Forrest Garvin, Esq., lately Senior Puisne Judge, Ceylon

1936

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1936 - Harold James Huxham, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)

Military Division

1936 - Lieutenant-Colonel Percy John Parsons, , Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery, Ceylon Defence Force.

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1936 - Ernest Wilfred Head, lately General Manager of the Government Railway, Ceylon.

1936 - William Johnson Thornhill, , lately Director of Public Works, Ceylon.

Member, (MBE)

Civil Division

1936 - Hilda Fowke, . For social services in Ceylon.

1936 - Gerald Percival Keuneman. For public services in Ceylon.

1938

Knight Bachelor

1938 - Mohamed Macan Markar. For public services in Ceylon.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)

1938 - Ralph Marcus Meaburn Worsley, , Colonial Administrative Service, Officer of Class I, Ceylon Civil Service.

Order of the British Empire

Officer, (OBE)

Military Division

1938 - Lieutenant-Colonel Waldo Sansoni, , Officer Commanding, Ceylon Light Infantry.

Civil Division

1938 - Isabella Hardie Curr, , in charge of the McLeod Hospital for Women at Inuvil, near Jaffna, Ceylon.

1938 - Allan Morley Spaar, Relief Works Officer, Ceylon.

Member, (MBE)

Military Division

1938 - Warrant Officer, Class II (Regimental Quarter Master-Sergeant) Harold Collingwood Bayne, Ceylon Army Service Corps.

1938 - Warrant Officer, Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major) George Noah David, Ceylon Medical Corps.

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

1938 - The Reverend John Stirling Morley Hooper, General Secretary of the Bible Society for India & Ceylon, Central Provinces & Berar.

1939

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1939 - Guy Stanley Wodeman, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)

Military Division

1939 - Arthur Marcelles De Silva, , Senior Surgeon, General Hospital, Ceylon.

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1939 - Ammembal Vittal Pai, Indian Civil Service, Agent of the Government of India in Ceylon.

1939 - Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachchi Amarasekara. For services to art in Ceylon.

Member, (MBE)

Military Division

1939 - Lieutenant Henry Melville Cadman, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, Ceylon Defence Force.

1939 - Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala. For social services in Ceylon.

1939 - Ramanathar Sivagnanam. For public services in Ceylon.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1939 - Charles Vincent Gooneratne, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon.
- 1939 - Joachim Joseph Jacob, Deputy Auditor General, Ceylon.
- 1939 - Amnachalam Visvanadhan, Extra Office Assistant, Ceylon Civil Service.

Colonial Police Medal

1939 - Habaragamuwage Thomas Peiris, Sergeant of Police, Ceylon.

1940s

1941

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross, (GCMG)

1941 - Sir Andrew Caldecott, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon.

Companion, (CMG)

1941 - Charles Henry Collins, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1941 - Cissie Cooray, , for social services in Ceylon.

Member, (MBE)

Civil Division

1941 - Duraiappa Rajaratnam. For social services in Ceylon.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1941 - William Theodore Loos, Office Assistant to the Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
- 1941 - Mudaliyar Sinattampi Vallipuram, Assistant Settlement Officer, Ceylon.

1942

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1942 - Robert Harry Drayton, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
- 1942 - Lionel McDowall Robison, Colonial Education Service, Director of Education, Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Officer, (OBE)

Military Division

1942 - Lieutenant-Colonel John Victor Collins, , Ceylon Garrison Artillery.

Civil Division

1942 - James Mervyn Fonseka, Legal Draftsman, Ceylon.

Member, (MBE)

Military Division

1942 - Major Neil Schokman, , Ceylon Engineers.

Civil Division

1942 - Mary Olive Marjorie Carter, Principal, School for Deaf & Blind, Ceylon.

1942 - The Reverend Clarence Ebenezer Victor Nathanielsz, Charity Commissioner, Public Assistance Department, Colombo Municipality, Ceylon.

1942 - Donald Obeyesekere. For public services in Ceylon.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1942 - Harold Pietersz William Melder, Office Assistant, Matale Kachcheri, Ceylon.
- 1942 - James Cyril Wirekoon, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon.

1946

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1946 - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Ceylonese civil servant (Declined)

1950s

1951

Knight Bachelor

1951 - Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator.
1951 - The Honourable Edward George Perera Jayetileke, , Chief Justice of Ceylon.
1951 - Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, , Senator.
1951 - Razik Fareed, , Senator.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)

1951 - Oswald Leslie De Kretser II. For public services. Lately Puisne Justice.

1951 - Hethumuni Ayadoris De Silva, District Judge, Colombo.

1951 - Ralph Henry Bassett, , lately Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries.

1951 - Henry William Howes, , Director of Education.

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)

Military Division

1951 - Brigadier the Right Honourable James Roderick, Earl of Caithness, , Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon Army.

Civil Division

1951 - J. N. Arumugam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Works.[9]

1951 - Abdon Ignatius Perera, , Postmaster General and Director of Telecommunications.

1951 - Alice Elizabeth Kotelawala, . For social work and services to rural development.

1951 - Sidney Arnold Pakeman, , Member of Parliament. Previously Professor of Modern History and Economics, Ceylon University College.

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1951 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canagana-Yagam, , Head Shroff, National Bank of India, Ltd., Kandy.

1951 - Don Sam De Simon, , Medical Superintendent, Leprosy Hospital, Hendala.

1951 - David Shillingford Paynter. For public and social services.

1951 - Conrad Boniface Peter Perera, Acting Settlement Officer, Land Settlement Department.

1951 - Don William Rajapatirana, Commissioner of Income Tax, Estate Duty and Stamps.

1951 - Sinnatamby Subramaniam, . For medical and social services.

1951 - Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala, , Secretary to the Prime Minister.

1951 - Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Bahda Bulankulame, , Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

1951 - Gerald Samuel William de Saram, , lately Judicial Medical Officer, Colombo.

1951 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament for Buttala.

1951 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.

1951 - Oswald Phillip Rust, Managing Director, Darley Butler & Co. Ltd. For services to the Tea Commissioner.

Member, (MBE)

Military Division

1951 - Major Terence Richard Jansen, , Ceylon Medical Corps.

1951 - Captain (Quartermaster) Harold Erastue Pineo Vantwest, , Ceylon Volunteer Force.

1951 - Captain (Quartermaster) Edward Charles Young, , 2nd (Volunteer) Coast Artillery Regiment, Ceylon Artillery.

1951 - Regimental Sergeant-Major Rothschild Henry Salvador, 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry.

Civil Division

1951 - Dinshah Pherojshah Bilimoria. For public services.

1951 - Somadeva Casinathan, lately Rubber Commissioner and Rubber Controller.

1951 - Mandawalagama Appuhamelage Gunasekera. For public and social services.

1951 - Mohamed Ismail, Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives.

1951 - Thanahandi David Mendis. For services to transport.

1951 - Ahamado Casim Mohammado, , Proctor and Notary, Colombo.

1951 - Swaminathar Patanjali. For public services in Jaffna.

1951 - Aruwala Jotige Simon Perera. For public and charitable services.

1951 - Victor Garvin Weerawardena Ratnayake, Member of Parliament for Deniyaya.

1951 - Abdul Rahaman Mohamed Thassim. For public services in Galle.

1951 - Joseph Nicholas Cecil Tiruchelvam, , City Coroner.

1951 - Oliver Weerasinghe, , Government Town Planner.

1951 - John Arthur Amaratunge, Member, Gal Oya Development Board.

1951 - Modestus Fernando Chandraratna, , Botanist and Senior Agricultural Research Officer, Department of Agriculture.

1951 - Rajakaruna Wanigasekara Mudiyariselage Ukku Banda Dedigama, Rate Mahatmaya (Chief Headman), Beligal Korale, Kegalle District.

1951 - Dhanusekera Bandara Ellepola, Acting Director, Rural Development.

1951 - Christogu Juan Fernandopulle. For public and social services in Chilaw District.

1951 - Dunuwilagedera Haramanis Jayewickreme. For public and social services in Kandy.

1951 - Roger Collin Kerr, Chairman, Toc H Club, Colombo.

1951 - Abeyratne Cudah Leonard Ratwatte, Shroff, Mercantile Bank, Kandy.

1951 - William Floris de Alwis Seneviratne. For public services in the Kalutara District.

1951 - Samuel Muthuvaloe Tamby Raja. For public and social services in Matale District.

1951 - Reginald Hugh Wickramasinghe, Controller of Establishments.

1951 - John Wilson, Proctor of the Supreme Court.

1951 - John Richard Wilson, , Visiting Physician, Tuberculosis Hospital, Welisara, and Consultant to the Chest Hospital, Ragama.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1951 - James Ernest Victor Peiris, lately Headmaster, Royal College.
- 1951 - Jayakariyawasange Aloysius Leon Perera Wijewardene, Drawing Office Assistant, Public Works Department.

King's Police and Fire Services Medal

1951 - William Thomas Brindley, Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

1952

Knight Bachelor

1952 - V. Coomaraswamy , Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.[10][11]
1952 - Lalitha Abhaya Rajapakse , Minister of Justice.
1952 - Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, CMG. For social services in Colombo.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)

1952 - Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen , Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.

1952 - William Arthur Edward Karunaratne , Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander, (KBE)

Civil Division

1952 - George Claude Stanley Corea, Ambassador for Ceylon in the United States of America.

Commander, (CBE)

Civil Division

1952 - James Aubrey Martensz, High Commissioner for Ceylon in Australia.

1952 - Kenneth Morford, Manager, Mount Vernon Estate, Kotagala. For services to the tea industry.

1952 - Senarath Paranavithana , Archaeological Commissioner.

1952 - David Frederick Ewen. For public and commercial services.

1952 - Raja Hewavitarne, OBE, Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.

1952 - Edward Wilmot Kannangara, OBE, lately Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Local Government.

Officer, (OBE)

Civil Division

1952 - Kurbanhusen Adamaly. For public and commercial services.

1952 - Oliver Gerard D'Alwis. For social services in Kalutara.

1952 - Egodage Richard De Silva, Principal, Richmond College, Galle.

1952 - Warusahennedige Daniel Fernando . For charitable and commercial services.

1952 - Martin Arthur Wimala Goonesekera, lately Proctor of the Supreme Court.

1952 - Hugh Theodore Rosslyn Koch . For services to the export trade.

1952 - Senaipathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo, Senator. For social services in Colombo.

1952 - Victor Emmanuel Perera Seneviratne , visiting Physician, General Hospital, Colombo.

1952 - Rajakaruna Ekanayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Ukku Banda Unamboowe. For agricultural services in Kotmale.

1952 - Lloyd Oscar Abeyaratne, MRCP, LMS, Medical Officer, Hospital for Women and Children, Colombo.

1952 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, Commissioner of Co-operative Development.

1952 - Elizabeth Eleanor de Zoysa Gunetilleke Rajapakse Gunasekera, MBE. For social services.

1952 - Mahapitiyage Velin Peter Peiris, LRCP, FRCS, Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.

1952 - Herman Eric Peries, MBE, Acting Deputy Secretary, Treasury.

Member, (MBE)

Military Division

1952 - Major Harold Bracher, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Civil Division

1952 - Mannamarakkalage Venentius Edward Peter Cooray, Chairman of the Town Council, Wadduwa.

1952 - Allan Bertram Demmer, Operating Superintendent, Ceylon Government Railway.

1952 - Meerakuddy Mohamed Ebrahim . For public service in Pottuvil.

1952 - Wilfred Gunasekera, Proctor, Matara.

1952 - Don Johannes Kumarage, Principal, Rahula College, Matara.

1952 - Lionel William Ratuwatte Kuruppu. Chairman, Panadura and Talpiti Baddas Village Committee.

1952 - Segu Ismail Lebbe Marikar Abdul Caflfoor Marikar-Hadjiar. For social service in Kalutara.

1952 - Bamunuaracihdhige Don Rampala, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Ceylon Government Railway.

1952 - Margaret Jane Rhind Reid. For social services.

1952 - V. Veerasingam, lately Principal, Manipay Hindu College, Manipay.[12]

1952 - Ramalingam Sivagurunather, Proctor & Notary, Jaffna.

1952 - Elsie Ethel Winifred Solomons, District Inspector of Schools, Western Province.

1952 - Robert Oolhagasagaram Buell, President, Association of YMCA. Secretaries of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.

1952 - Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva, Proctor of the Supreme Court. For social services in Kandy.

1952 - Justin Aelian Fernando, LMS, Medical Practitioner, Colombo.

1952 - Gladwin Conrad Hermon Kotalawela, Member of the Urban Council, Badulla. For social services in Uva Province.

1952 - Edley Winston Mathew, Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda.

1952 - Juanyidanrallage Don Paulus Perera, Principal, Lorenz College, Colombo.

1952 - Vairavanathar Ponnambalam, For services to the co-operative movement in Jaffna.

1952 - David Wanigasekere. For social services in Matara.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1952 - Maurice Leonard Classz, Salt Superintendent, Industries Department.

King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service

1952 - Erroll Alexander Koelmeyer , Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department.

1953

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1953 - Ralph Norman Bond, Esq., O.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Information.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander, (KBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1953 - His Excellency Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1953 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Esq., O.B.E.. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
  - 1953 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., M.B.E., Senator.
Officer, (OBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1953 - Simon Reginald Gunewardene, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Medical Superintendent, State Home for the Aged, Koggala.
  - 1953 - Markandu Kanagasabay, Esq., General Manager, Ceylon Government Railway.
  - 1953 - Edwin Mendis Karunaratne, Esq., Proctor. For social services in Galle district.
  - 1953 - Sangarapully Sellamuttu, Esq., Member, Colombo Municipal Council.
  - 1953 - Sabapathipillai Albert Selvanayagam, Esq., M.B.E., Member, Batticaloa Urban Council.
  - 1953 - Charles Francis Whitaker, Esq., lately Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
  - 1953 - Chandradasa Wijesinghe, Esq., Planter. For social services in the Southern Province.
  - 1953 - Basil Henry William, Esq., Managing Director, High Level Road Bus Company Limited.
Member, (MBE)
- Military Division
  - 1953 - Lieutenant-Commander (S) Kenneth Maitand Martinus; Royal Ceylon Navy.
  - 1953 - Major Roy Douglas Jayetileke, Ceylon Army.
  Civil Division
  - 1953 - Ella Marjorie, Mrs. Atkinson. For services to the encouragement of dancing.
  - 1953 - A. Arulpiragasam, Esq., Registrar-General.^[13]
  - 1953 - Lucien Noel Bartholomeusz, Esq., F.R.C.S., Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
  - 1953 - Al'Haj Mohamed Purvis Drahaman, Esq., Medical Practitioner. For services to the Malay Community.
  - 1953 - Peter Frederick Alwis 'Goonetileka, Esq., Proctor. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
  - 1953 - Sago Sudhira Jayawickrama, Esq. For services to cricket.
  - 1953 - Don Wilfred Richard Kahawita, Esq., Designs Engineer in Charge, Designs and Research Sections, Irrigation Department.
  - 1953 - Wimala Irene, Mrs. Kannangara, District Representative, Kegalla District, Lanka Malhila Samiti Movement.
  - 1953 - George Keyt, Esq., Artist.
  - 1953 - Vitarana Simon Nanayakkara, Esq., Assistant Municipal Treasurer, Colombo, Municipal Council.
  - 1953 - Edward Ashley Peries, Esq., Crown Proctor, Kegalla.
  - 1953 - Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde, Esq., Member of Parliament for Horowupotana.
  - 1953 - A. B. Rajendra, Esq., Senator.^[13]
  - 1953 - M. Srikantha, Esq., Director, Land Development Department.^[13]

1954

Viscount

1954 - The Right Honourable Herwald, Baron Soulbury, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, Governor-General of Ceylon.

Knight Bachelor

1954 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., CBE, Senator. For social services.

Order of St Michael and St George

Companion, (CMG)
- 1954 - Gunasena de Soyza, OBE, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander, (KBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1954 - The Honourable Kalutaravedage Deepal Susantha de Fonseka, Statesmen and Ambassador.
  - 1954 - The Honourable Pattiya Pathirannahalage Albert Frederick Peries, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1954 - Alexander Nicholas D'Albrew Abeyesinghe, MBE, Member of Parliament for Negombo. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
  - 1954 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando. For social services.
  - 1954 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, OBE, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.
  - 1954 - H. de Z. Siriwardana, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Officer, (OBE)
- Military Division
  - 1954 - Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, ED, Ceylon Army Medical Corps.
  Civil Division
  - 1954 - A. Arulpiragasam, MBE, Government Agent, North Western Province.^[14]
  - 1954 - Homi Framjee Billimoria, MBE, Chief Architect, Public Works Department.
  - 1954 - Jayasuriya Aratchige Edward Mathew de Saram, MBE. For social services.
  - 1954 - Santiago Wilson de Silva, MBE, Deputy Inspector General of Police.
  - 1954 - James Lamb, Director, Tea Research Institute of Ceylon.
  - 1954 - Pararajasingham Nadesan, Director of Civil Aviation and Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister.
  - 1954 - Hanwedige Henry Oliver Waitson Peiris. For services to Commerce.
  - 1954 - John Marcus Senaveratna, MBE. For services to the study of the history of Ceylon.
  - 1954 - G. P. Tambayah, Government Agent, Western Province.
Member, (MBE)
- Military Division
  - 1954 - Major Bertram Lucien Seneviratne, Ceylon Light Infantry.
  Civil Division
  - 1954 - Cyril Herbert Sooriaarachchi Amarasekera, Flying Instructor, Civil Aviation Department.
  - 1954 - Don Edmund Amarasekera, Chairman, Village Committee, Udugaha Pattu, Kalutara District.
  - 1954 - Leon Louis Attygalle, Municipal Treasurer, Colombo Municipality.
  - 1954 - Mohamed Falil Abdul Caffoor. For services to Commerce.
  - 1954 - Gerald Henry Cooray, MD, MRCS, Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.
  - 1954 - Neville Joseph Louis Jansz, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.
  - 1954 - Don Edward Victor Wanniarachchige Jayamanne, Actor and Producer.
  - 1954 - Don Timothy John Jayesinghe. For services to Commerce.
  - 1954 - Walatara Acharige David Silva Karunaratne. For charitable services.
  - 1954 - Nobel Irene Kiriella. For social services.
  - 1954 - G. H. P. Leembruggen, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Traffic).
  - 1954 - Salebhoy Husainbhoy Moosajee. For services to Commerce.
  - 1954 - Anton Wickremasinghe. For services to Commerce.
  - 1954 - Sarah Laurencina Wijesinghe. For charitable services.

British Empire Medal

Civil Division
- 1954 - Jayalath Yakkalamullage Ebert de Silva, Electrical Foreman, Department of Government Electrical Undertakings.
- 1954 - Fitzroy Valentine Pinto Jayawardena, Acting Chief Welfare Officer, Ministry of Transport and Works.
- 1954 - Murugupillai Navaratnasamy, Agricultural Instructor, Department of Agriculture.

1955

Knight Bachelor

1955 - The Honourable Cyril De Zoysa, President of the Senate.
1955 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando, CBE. For public services.
1955 - S. Pararajasingam. For services to Agriculture.^[15]

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Commander, (KCMG)
- 1955 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, KBE, QC. For political and public services.
- 1955 - The Honourable Sir Alan Edward Percival Rose, QC, Chief Justice.
Companion, (CMG)
- 1955 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, OBE, Chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment.

Order of the British Empire

Commander, (CBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1955 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canaganayagam, OBE. For public services.
  - 1955 - Victor Manuel De Mel. For services to Commerce.
  - 1955 - Adeline, Lady Molamure, OBE, Deputy President of the Senate.
Officer, (OBE)
- Military Division
  - 1955 - Commander Adalbert Vance Frugtniet, VRD, Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force.
  - 1955 - Lieutenant Colonel Rasanayagam Sabanayagam, MBE, ED, Ceylon Cadet Corps.
  Civil Division
  - 1955 - The Reverend James Cartman, Education Officer, Office of the Ceylon High Commissioner in London.
  - 1955 - Hewananarachchige Ivan Tiddy Dasanaike, Member of Parliament for Wariyapola. For political services.
  - 1955 - Theodore Alexander Dunuwille, Crown Advocate, Kandy.
  - 1955 - Douglas St. Clive Budd Janszé, Acting Solicitor-General.
  - 1955 - Nanayakkara Atulugamage Stephen de Silva Jayasinghe, Member of Parliament for Wellawatte-Galkissa. For political services.
  - 1955 - Ramachandran Alaghoopillai Nadesan. For public services.
  - 1955 - Kanahala Bandaralage Lawrence Perera. For services to Transport.
  - 1955 - M. Srikantha, MBE, Government Agent, Northern Province.^[16]
  - 1955 - Abdul Rahuman Mphamed Thassim, MBE. For public services in Galle.
Member, (MBE)
- Military Division
  - 1955 - Captain Ceada Felix Fernando, Ceylon Artillery.
  - 1955 - Captain Weerawarnasuriya Patabendige Jinadasa Silva, Ceylon Army.
  Civil Division
  - 1955 - Ethel De Kretser, Matron, Central Hospital.
  - 1955 - Walter Harris De Kretser. For services to Commerce.
  - 1955 - Talpe Gamage Bernard De Silva, Government Printer.
  - 1955 - Debramandadige Jason Fernando, Managing Director, Jason Fernando & Sons Ltd.
  - 1955 - Oliver Phoenix Charles Baden-Powell Forbes, Deputy Controller of Establishments, General Treasury.
  - 1955 - Jack McLennan Godefroy, Assistant Manager, Firestone (Ceylon) Ltd, Colombo.
  - 1955 - Maganlal Kuberdas Kapadia. For services to Commerce.
  - 1955 - Joachim Rosario Machado. For services to Commerce.
  - 1955 - Carthigasu Nadesan, Chief (Guarantee) Shroff, Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., Colombo.
  - 1955 - Sundaram Pathmanathan, Shroff, Imperial Bank of India Ltd., Colombo.
  - 1955 - Titus Walter Perera. For political services.
  - 1955 - Muthiahpillai Rajendram. For services to Commerce.
  - 1955 - Donald Jasen Ranaweera. For public services.
  - 1955 - David Robert Waller, Manager, Building & Construction Department, Walker Sons & Company Ltd., Colombo.
  - 1955 - Don Fredrick Wijenarayana. For public services in Galle.

Imperial Service Order

Companion, (ISO)
- 1955 - Edgar Alexander Van der Straaten, Shipping Master, Customs Department.

British Empire Medal

Civil Division
- 1955 - Malcolm Hugh Jayasekera, Sub-Inspector, Ceylon Police Force.
- 1955 - Daniel Sepala Seneviratne Jayatilake, Officer-in-Charge, Police Central Garage.
- 1955 - Vidane Aratchilage Peter Linus Jayawardena, Stenographer, Higher Grade, Department of the Prime Minister.
- 1955 - Edmund Henry Vernon Joseph, Chief Clerk, Cabinet Office.

1956

Order of the British Empire

Officer, (OBE)
- Civil Division
  - 1956 - Dudley Atherton Wilson, until recently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Fraser Memorial Nursing Home, Colombo, Ceylon.

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Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee) 2020 (Political) 2021 (Death of The Duke of Edinburgh) 2022 (Political)
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