Education
Born to Review Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike, he was educated at the Colombo Academy and South. Thomas" College.
Born to Review Canon Samuel William Dias Bandaranaike, he was educated at the Colombo Academy and South. Thomas" College.
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. He gained Master of Arts and Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge. He started his practice as an Advocate, before joining the judicial service.
He became the district judge of Colombo in 1897.
In 1902 he was among the Ceylonese representatives invited to attend the London Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Dias Bandaranaike married Annie Lucy "Florence" Doctorate" Alwis, third daughter of James de Alwis, with whom he had two children.
These were Doctor Reginald Felix Dias Bandaranaike II and Annette Lena Dias Bandaranaike who married William Ilangakoon the first Sinhalese Attorney General of Ceylon.