E. B. Wikramanayake

Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. A successful lawyer he was appointed a Queen's Counsel and had been educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He was the father of Elanga Wikramanayake and grandfather of Arittha R Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka and served on the Board of Governors of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.