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'''Eric Bird Wikramanayake''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] was a [[Ceylon]]ese [[politician|statesman]] and [[lawyer]]. He was the Minister of Justice in the [[Kotelawala cabinet|cabinet]] of Prime Minister Sir [[John Kotelawala]] and a member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]].<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040215/plus/2.html Young pilot's last flight remembered 50 years later Death dive into the sea]</ref> A successful lawyer<ref>[http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR49V344.htm PODI SINGHO, Petitioner, and A. E. GOONESINHA, Respondent.]</ref> he was appointed a [[Queen's Counsel]] and had been educated at [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]]. He was the father of [[Elanga Wikramanayake]] and grandfather of [[Arittha R Wikramanayake]], [[Eric Wikramanayake]] and [[Athula Wikramanayake]].
'''Eric Bird Wikramanayake''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] was a [[Ceylon]]ese [[politician|statesman]] and [[lawyer]]. He was the Minister of Justice in the [[Kotelawala cabinet|cabinet]] of Prime Minister Sir [[John Kotelawala]] and a member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]].<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/040215/plus/2.html Young pilot's last flight remembered 50 years later Death dive into the sea]</ref> A successful lawyer<ref>[http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR49V344.htm PODI SINGHO, Petitioner, and A. E. GOONESINHA, Respondent.]</ref> he was appointed a [[Queen's Counsel]] and had been educated at [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]]. He was the father of [[Elanga Wikramanayake]] and grandfather of [[Arittha R Wikramanayake]], [[Eric Wikramanayake]] and [[Athula Wikramanayake]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stcmloba.org/newsletter_archive/newsletter_12312006.pdf|title= Tales of Thomian legal eagles .......page 14 The Old Boy 31.12.2006 |publisher=www.stcmloba.org|date= 2006-12-31 |accessdate=2011-12-25}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stcmloba.org/newsletter_archive/newsletter_12312006.pdf|title=Tales of Thomian legal eagles .......page 14 The Old Boy 31.12.2006|publisher=www.stcmloba.org|date=2006-12-31|accessdate=2011-12-25|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011029/http://www.stcmloba.org/newsletter_archive/newsletter_12312006.pdf|archivedate=2012-04-26|df=}}</ref>
Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.customs.gov.lk/docs/25377.pdf|title=AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF CEYLON. Act Nos,29 of 1968 |publisher=www.customs.gov.lk|date= |accessdate=2011-10-10}}</ref> and served on the Board of Governors of [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]].
Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.customs.gov.lk/docs/25377.pdf|title=AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF CEYLON. Act Nos,29 of 1968|publisher=www.customs.gov.lk|date=|accessdate=2011-10-10|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064312/http://www.customs.gov.lk/docs/25377.pdf|archivedate=2012-04-25|df=}}</ref> and served on the Board of Governors of [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]].


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Eric Bird Wikramanayake, QC was a Ceylonese statesman and lawyer. He was the Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and a member of the Senate of Ceylon.[1] A successful lawyer[2] he was appointed a Queen's Counsel and had been educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He was the father of Elanga Wikramanayake and grandfather of Arittha R Wikramanayake, Eric Wikramanayake and Athula Wikramanayake. [3] Wikramanayake was founder President of the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka[4] and served on the Board of Governors of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.

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  1. ^ Young pilot's last flight remembered 50 years later Death dive into the sea
  2. ^ PODI SINGHO, Petitioner, and A. E. GOONESINHA, Respondent.
  3. ^ "Tales of Thomian legal eagles .......page 14 The Old Boy 31.12.2006" (PDF). www.stcmloba.org. 2006-12-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF CEYLON. Act Nos,29 of 1968" (PDF). www.customs.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)