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The Senanayake family
is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in enterprise and politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes two Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka.




History


Don Spater from the village of Bothale became a successful mine owner. Making his fortune in graphite mining, he invested in plantations and in the arrack renting franchise. He assumed the name Senanayake and was awarded the title of Mudaliyar by the colonial government. His sons continued his business ventures, and was in the forefront of the temperance movement that transitioned into the modern independence movement led by his sons Fredrick Richard Senanayake and Don Stephen Senanayake following the brutal suppression of the 1915 riots by the British. Don Stephen Senanayake who lead the negotiations with the British Government, was elected the first Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1947, having won the first Parliamentary elections after forming the United National Party. On his sudden death, while in office, his son Dudley Senanayake succeeded him as Prime Minister and went on to server several terms.




Family Tree


Don Bartholomew
Don Spater Senanayake (1848–1907), Mudaliyar + Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake (1848-?)
Don Charles Senanayake (1878–1931) + Euphemia Grace Millicent
Ivy Senanayake (1911–1984) + Dr Edmond Asoka Bulankulame (1900–1978)
Visakha Bulankulame (1935–1999) + Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002)
Maria Frances Senanayake + Fredrik H. Dias Bandaranaike
Effie Manthri Dias Bandaranaike + Sir John Kotelawala (divorced), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council
Lakshmi Kotelawala + Henry Gerald Kotalawala
Ranee Dias Bandaranaike + Shirly Alwis
Nita Dias Bandaranaike + Seneviratne (divorced)
Ramachandra Dias Bandaranaike + Constance Don Carolis (divorced)
Fredrick Richard Senanayake (1882–1926), Member of the Colombo Municipal Council and independence activist + Ellen Attygalle
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911–1970) Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Phyllis Nedra "Girlie" Senanayake + Siripala Samarakkody, Member of State Council of Ceylon
Don Stephen Senanayake (1884–1952), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Member of Parliament, Member of State Council, Member of Legislative Council + Mollie Dunuwila Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973), Prime Minister of Ceylon, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Robert Parakrama Senanayake (1913–1986) + Swarna Neela Senanayake (daughter of Fredrick Richard Senanayake)
Ranjani Senanayake + Ranjith Wijewardene (of the Wijewardene family)
Ruwan Wijewardene (1975- ), Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
Irushi Wijewardene (1972-) + Shastha Bulathsinhala
Shakun Bulathsinhala (2002-)
Rukman Senanayake (1948-2024), Assistant Leader of United National Party, Government Minister, Member of Parliament
Ranjit Senanayake + Suwanitha
Vasantha Senanayake (1973- ), Member of Parliament
Other distant members of the family include;

Wijewardene family
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranjan Wijeratne




Houses built by family


Bothale Walawwa
Woodlands, Colombo
Grassmere, Colombo




See also


List of political families in Sri Lanka




References


4. http://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/gen3810.html

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Don Stephen Senanayake
• Hypocreales
• George VI dari Britania Raya
• Dominion Ceylon
• Bapak Bangsa
• Senanayake family
• D. S. Senanayake
• Dudley Senanayake
• Rukman Senanayake
• Vasantha Senanayake
• Wijewardene family
• Fredrick Richard Senanayake
• Jayewardene family
• Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake
• List of political families in Sri Lanka