V. Coomaraswamy
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Sir V. Coomaraswamy CMG CCS |
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Ceylonese High Commissioner to Canada | |
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Born | 25 September 1892 |
Profession | Civil servant |
Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy, CMG, CCS (born 25 September 1892) was a Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat.
Early life and family
Coomaraswamy was born on 25 September 1892.[1] He was the son of Velupillai from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.[1] Coomaraswamy passed the London Interscience Examination after school.[1]
Coomaraswamy married Thayalnayaki, daughter of M. Sinnathamby.[1] After Thayalnayaki's death he married Nesamani, daughter of J. T. Bartlett.[1]
Career
Coomaraswamy worked as teacher before joining the Ceylon Civil Service in 1913.[1] He was Police Magistrate and District Judge in Puttalam, Negombo, Kegalle and other places.[1] He was then Assistant Government Agent in Hambantota before moving to Colombo where he held a number of positions including Permanent Secretary.[1] He was Government Agent for the Western Province from January 1946 to December 1947 and again from February 1948 to October 1949.[2] He was the first native Government Agent of the province.[3]
Later life
Coomaraswamy served as the Deputy Ceylonese High Commissioner in London in 1948.[1][4] He was later the Ceylonese High Commissioner in Ottawa and Ceylonese Minister and Envoy Extraordinary in Rangoon.[1]
Coomaraswamy was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in June 1947.[5] He was knighted in the 1952 New Year Honours.[6][7]
Coomaraswamy died in the 1960s.[1]
See also
References
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- 1892 births
- Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy
- Ceylonese Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Ceylonese knights
- Government Agent (Sri Lanka)
- High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to Canada
- Permanent secretaries of Sri Lanka
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- People of British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan Tamil civil servants
- Sri Lankan Tamil diplomats
- Sri Lankan Tamil teachers
- Year of death missing