Education
Royal College, Colombo.
Royal College, Colombo.
Qualified as a Procter, he went on to become an Advocate and served as the a District Judge and Police Magistrate. During his legal practice his clients included Mudliyar Jeronis de Soysa (father of Sir Charles Henry de Soysa), Arunasalam Ponnambalam Mudliyar (father of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan) and South. Edirimanasingham, Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate (grand uncle of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan).
He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. Later he was appointed as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. However he resigned together with George Wall, C.A Lorenz, West. Thompson, John Capper and John Eaton on November 15, 1864 on a point of principle regarding the fiscal policy of the Government and its strict disregard to respect the procedures of the Legislative Council.