A. W. H. Abeyesundere
Sri Lankan judge (1906–1988)
A. W. H. Abeyesundere, QC was a Sri Lankan lawyer, independence activist, former acting Attorney General of Sri Lanka and judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Roots and lineage
A.W.H. Abeyesundere was born on 4 May 1906 in the southern Sri Lanka town of Hikkaduwa, the youngest in a family of seven. His father was a proprietary planter, and his mother was a homemaker. Just three of his siblings survived to adulthood, including Dr. E.R. Abeyesundere, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and A.C.L. Abeyesundere, a proctor.
He traced his lineage on his father's side to Yathramulle Muhandiram from the Dutch era (c. 1669), who was a building contractor awarded the title of Muhandiram by the Dutch for constructing the Dutch fort in Galle using his many elephants. On his mother's side he was a direct descendant of General Wickremasinghe (Wicramasinghe Maha Senevi, who was later poisoned by the king), who was the army commander of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe (1580–1593) of Seethawaka, to whom former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe also traces his roots.
Education and politics
Abeyesundere was educated at St. Joseph's College, Colombo, where he excelled in his studies.
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