Solomon Dias BANDARANAIKE, British Governor. Received Diamond Jubilee Gold Medal, 1897, having been sent as a delegate from Ceylon; Coronation gold medal.
Background
BANDARANAIKE, Solomon Dias was born on May 22, 1862. Son of late D. C. H. Dias Bandaranaike, Justice of the Peace for the Island, Mudaliyar of the Governor’s Gate, etc., and g.-son of late Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, referred to in Sir Emerson Tennant’s History of Ceylon.
Education
St. Thomas’ College Colombo. Is referred to in Cruise of H. Master of Surgery Bacchante, 1886, in connection with the visit to Ceylon of Their Royal Highnesses Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in 1882. BANGS created Mohandirum of the Governor’s Gate, and invested with the sword and belt of the office by His (or Her) Royal Highness.
Career
The late Duke of Clarence, 1882. Visited England 1895, 1897, and 1902. Received Diamond Jubilee Gold Medal, 1897, having been sent as a delegate from Ceylon.
Presented with a gold medal by the inhabitants of Siyane Korle East, 1896, in recognition of services rendered to that district while administering its affairs as Mudaliyar. Presented with a Gold Sword of Honour, 1901, by public subscription. Acted in capacity of extra Aide-de-camp to Duke of York during visit of Duke and Duchess to Ceylon, 1901.
One of Ceylon’s representatives at the Coronation. Coronation gold medal. Royal Order of Merit, Cambodia, 1907. Maha Mudaliyar and Justice of the Peace for the Island of Ceylon, and native A. District of Columbia (United States.) to His Excellency the Governor.