John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene

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John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
Personal details
Born
John Adrian St. Valentine Wijesinghe Jayewardene

1877
Died1927
NationalityCeylonese (Sri Lankan)
SpouseEthel Charlotte Irene Dissanayake
Children1 (Clodagh Jayasuriya)
Residence(s)Chateau Jubilee, Ward Place, Colombo
Alma materRoyal College Colombo
OccupationJurist, lawyer

John Adrian St. Valentine Wijesinghe Jayewardene (1877–1927) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.

Early life and education

A son of James Alfred Jayewardene (a Proctor who was the Deputy Coroner of Colombo), John's brothers included Hector Alfred Jayewardene (an advocate and member of the Colombo Municipal Council), Colonel Theodore Godfrey Wijesinghe Jayewardene (a Member of the State Council for Balangoda electorate), and Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, who also became a Judge of the Supreme Court.[citation needed]

Jayewardene was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, becoming a barrister.[citation needed]

Career

In 1901, he returned to Ceylon and began his practice as an advocate.[citation needed] In 1904, he published the Law of Partition in Ceylon, which he revised and published again 20 years later.[1][2]

In 1915, he was part of the legal defence team for Henry Pedris, which tried unsuccessfully to prevent his execution.[3]

From 1922 to 1924 he served as the district judge of Colombo and in 1923 was appointed acting puisne justice thereafter confirmed as Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.[2][additional citation(s) needed]

Personal life

In 1906, he married Ethel Charlotte Irene, daughter of Mudaliyar Francis William Tillekeratne Dissanayake. Their only child, daughter, Clodagh Jayasuriya, was elected to parliament.[citation needed] A nephew, Junius Richard Jayewardene, became the first executive President of Sri Lanka.[4]

His home on Ward Place in Colombo, was known as Chateau Jubilee.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The law of partition in Ceylon : ordinances : no. 10 of 1863 & no. 10 of 1897 / by Don Adrian StV. Jayewardene, advocate of the Supreme Court of Ceylon; author of the Roman-Dutch laws of Ceylon". Berkely Law Library Catalog. UC Berkeley School of Law. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bertram, Anton (1926). "Reviewed Work: The Law of Partition in Ceylon by Adreas St. Valentine Jayawardene". Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law. 8 (1). Cambridge University Press: 154–156. JSTOR 752998.
  3. ^ "Judicial assassination of Patriot Edward Henry Pedris". The Sunday Observer. Colombo. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ a b Karunanayake, Hugh; Fernando, Srilal; Paul, Avinder (8 May 2021). "THE HOMES IN WARD PLACE IN ITS EARLY DAYS, WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS THE HARLEY STREET OF COLOMBO". eLanka. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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