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Basil Samuel
Basil Samuel (1912–1987) was the founder of Great Portland Estates, one the United Kingdom's largest property businesses.
Career.
After training as an estate agent with "J. Trevor & Sons", Basil Samuel went into partnership with his brother, Howard, in 1934. Together they started buying up properties in the West End. He served in the British Army in the rank of Captain during World War II and in 1945 returned to London to resume developing properties. In the case of at least
Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development and another brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his wife left Sri Lanka for the USA on 11 January 2015. Basil Rajapaksa holds US-Sri Lankan dual citizenship. Senior diplomats who had returned to Sri Lanka to support the Rajapaksa election campaign left the country on the same day. Two of aides of Sarath Fonseka, Major General Mahesh Senanayake and Brigadier Duminda Keppetiwalana, who had fled Sri Lanka after the 2010 presidential election, returned to Sri Lanka on 10 January 2015.
Rajpal Abeynayake