Fredrick Richard Senanayake

Fredrick Richard Senanayake (October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926)[1] popularly referred to as F.R. Senanayake) was a Sri Lankan politician and independence activist.

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Education

Educated at Downing College, Cambridge, he became a Barrister-at-Law at Lincoln’s Inn, London in 1905.[2] He was a leading member of the Sri Lankan independence movement in the early parts of the 20th century and was an active member of the Legislative Council.

His brother Don Stephen Senanayake took his place in the Legislative Council following his death in 1926. D.S. Senanayake would go on to lead Sri Lanka's independence movement, becoming the first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka in 1947.

He married Ellen Attygalle, and they had eight children. His eldest son Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake went on to become a member of parliament and minister.

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References

  1. ^ "The Don Bartholomews Senanayake Family Tree". Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/gen3001.html. Retrieved 2007-09-02. 
  2. ^ Senanayake, Frederick Richard in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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