Herbert Sri Nissanka [SEP] date of death
Herbert Sri Nissanka
Herbert Sri Nissanka, QC (also known as Nissanka Herbert Mendis) (7 December 1898 – 26 February 1954) was a Ceylonese lawyer and statesmen. Elected to the first post independence parliament, he was one of the founding members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Education.
Educated at Ananda College and later at Royal College Colombo, Nissanka entered St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied law was called to the bar at Middle Temple.
Legal
independent Ceylon, Molamure's name was proposed as speaker by C. Sittampalam and S. U. Edirimanasingham when the opposition proposed Herbert Sri Nissanka. In the following vote Molamure gained 58 and Sri Nissanka gained 41. Thereby Molamure became the first speaker of parliament. He held the post of speaker until his death in 1950 before his term of office ended.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by George VI in 1949 and was known as Sir Francis Molamure.
Elephant Kraal.
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