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Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (Sinhala:යුජින් විල්ෆ්රඩ් ජයවර්ධන; 11 June 1874 – 23 November 1932) was a Ceylonese judge, lawyer and politician. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and is the father of J. R. Jayewardene the first executive President of Sri Lanka.
Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene with his family. A paternal ancestor of the Jayewardene family has been traced to Don Adrian Wijesinghe Jayewardene, a descendant from a Chetty family that had emigrated to Sri Lankan from the Coromandel Coast during the Kandyan period and settled close to Dutch-controlled Colombo.
1906. Childhood. Junius Richard Jayewardene was born 17-9-1906 to the lawyer and later Chief Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene and his wife Agnes Helen. The eldest of eleven children, he as educated at Royal College, Colombo.
Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (June 11, 1874 - November 23, 1932) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge, lawyer and politician. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and is the father of J R Jayewardene the first executive President of Sri Lanka.
Junius Richard Jayewardene was born on 17 September 1906 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Honourable Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene and Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena. He belonged to a privileged family with strong ties to the legal fraternity and his father went on to serve as the Chief Justice of Ceylon.
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Sep 11, 2021 · Early Life and Education. Junius Richard Jayewardene, also known as J.R, comes from a prestigious family in the legal profession of Sri Lanka. Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene and Agnes Helen Jayewardene were his parents. He was born on the 17th of September 1906.
