Education
Royal College, Colombo.
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Hector Jayewardene
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Career
He was one of the prominent lawyers of his time, he was active in the political movement in Ceylon. Born to James Alfred Jayewardene, a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of Colombo. Wilfred Jayewardene was educated at the Saint Benedicts College, Wesley College and at the Royal College, Colombo and become a Proctor in 1893.
In 1895 he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council from the New Bazaar ward and held the post till his death.
He was instrumental in Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan winning the election for the seat of educated Ceylonese in the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first political election in the island.
Membership
He was an elected member of the Colombo Municipal Council for twenty years.
