Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi ga William de Abrew, dan kasuwa mai nasara na asalin Fotigal, Peter De Abrew ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Colombo (yanzu Kwalejin Royal, Colombo). Shiga kasuwanci a matsayin dan kasuwa, De Abrew ya sami kyakkyawan suna a tsakanin 'yan kasuwa. A shekara ta 1904 an nada shi Mataimakin Kwamishinan Gwamnatin Ceylon don baje kolin St. Louis
a cikin Amurka.