Forester Augustus Obeyesekere MSC | |
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| 2nd Speaker of the State Council | |
| In office 11 December 1934 – 7 December 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Francis Molamure |
| Succeeded by | Waithilingam Duraiswamy |
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| Nationality | Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) |
| Residence(s) | Balcombe House, Cotta road |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
Forester Augustus Obeyesekere (7 August 1880 – 26 December 1961) was a prominentcolonial era legislator fromCeylon. He was theSpeaker of theState Council of Ceylon and a member of theLegislative Council of Ceylon.[1][2]
Born to SirSolomon Christoffel Obeyesekere[3] a member of the Legislative Council, F A Obeysekera was educated atRoyal College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team at theRoyal-Thomian and played for theSinghalese Sports Club.[4][5] He later studied atCambridge University.[6]
He was elected anunofficial member from the Southern Province Central (Matara) to the Legislative Council in the1924 Legislative Council election and retained his seat till the Legislative Council was dissolved and replaced by the State Council in the1931 State Council election, when he was elected asdeputy speaker. In 1934, he becameSpeaker whenSir Francis Molamure stepped down for personal reasons.[7]
He married Amy Isabel Sykes and they had two children, Boykin andEzlynne. Ezlynne married Ralph Deraniyagala,MBE who became theClerk of Parliament.
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