Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in, worked in or lived in Ceylon.
19th Century
1890s
1891
Dignity of a wife of a Knight Bachelor
1892 - Catherine De Soysa, widow of Charles Henry de Soysa, JP
1892
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1892 - Peter Daniel Anthonisz, , an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.
1897
Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander, (KCMG) 1897 - Frederick Richard Saunders CMG, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.
Twentieth century
1900s
1901
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1901 - Francis Alfred Cooper, Esq., Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon 1901 - Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, Esq., on retirement as Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon
Privy Council 1901 - Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon
Knight Bachelor 1901 - Archibald Campbell Lawrie, Esq., on retirement as Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon
1902
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1902 - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie FitzHardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon.
1903
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1903 - Herbert Wace, Esq., Government Agent of the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.
1906
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1906 - Henry Leighton Crawford, Esq., Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.
1908
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1908 - Philip David Warren, Esq., Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.
1909
Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander, (KCMG)
1909 - Hugh Charles Clifford, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.
1910s
1911
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1911 - John Penry Lewis, Esq., M.A., late Government Agent for the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.
1913
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1913 - John George Fraser, Esq., Acting Government Agent, Western Province, Island of Ceylon. 1913 - Leonard William Booth, Esq., Acting Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.
1914
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1914 - William Henry Jackson, Esq., lately Controller of Revenue of the Island of Ceylon. 1914 - Reginald Edward Stubbs, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.
1916
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1916 - Bernard Senior, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.
1919
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Civil Division
1919 - Henry Lawson De Mel, Industrialist and Philanthropist.
1920s
1920
King's Police Medal (KPM) 1920 - Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, Ceylon.
1922
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG)
1922 - Robert Bailey Hellings, Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.
1923
Knight Bachelor
1923 - Sir Hilarion Marcus Fernando, MD, Member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Civil Division
1923 - Honorary Colonel Edward James Hayward, , formerly Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery. Officer, (OBE)
Civil Division 1923 - Edwin Evans, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education. Member, (MBE) Civil Division 1923 - Nevins Selvadurai, Principal of the Jaffna Hindu College, Jaffna, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education. 1923 - Sinnatamby Welayden, Chief Inspector, Vernacular Schools, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.
1925
Order of the British Empire Knight Commander, (KBE) Civil Division 1925 - Sir James Peiris, JP, Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.Life of Sir James Peiris, W. T. Keble and Devar Surya Sena, p.61,82 (University of California)Chapter 5: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY, K.T.Rajasingham Asia Times Retrieved 7 November 2015
1929
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Civil Division 1929 - Thomas Edward Dutton, General Manager, Government Railway, Ceylon. Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1929 - Louis Edmund Blaze, Founder and principal of Kingswood College, Kandy, in recognition of his services to Education. Member, (MBE) Civil Division 1929 - Pattinihennedige Warnadipthia Kurukulasuriya Selestina Rodrigo Dias, for charitable services in Ceylon. 1929 - Evelyn Storrs Karney. For child welfare work in the North Central Province of Ceylon.
1930s
1931
Knight Bachelor 1931 - Chevalier Sir Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, public and philanthropic services in Ceylon.
1932
Knight Bachelor 1932 - Sir Thomas Martland Ainscough, , His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon.
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1932 - Major John William Oldfield, , Nominated Member of the State Council, Island of Ceylon. For public services.
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1932 - Seemampillai Francis Chellappah, Senior Medical Officer of Health, Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Civil Division 1932 - Cissy Cooray. For social welfare services in Ceylon. 1932 - Peter De Abrew. For services to education in Ceylon.
Imperial Service Order Companion, (ISO) 1932 - Lionel Bastiampillai Emmanuel, Office Assistant to the Director of Public Works, Ceylon.
1935
Knight Bachelor 1935 - Sir Thomas Forrest Garvin, Esq., lately Senior Puisne Judge, Ceylon
1936
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1936 - Harold James Huxham, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Military Division 1936 - Lieutenant-Colonel Percy John Parsons, , Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery, Ceylon Defence Force. Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1936 - Ernest Wilfred Head, lately General Manager of the Government Railway, Ceylon. 1936 - William Johnson Thornhill, , lately Director of Public Works, Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Civil Division 1936 - Hilda Fowke, . For social services in Ceylon. 1936 - Gerald Percival Keuneman. For public services in Ceylon.
1938
Knight Bachelor 1938 - Sir Mohamed Macan Markar. For public services in Ceylon.
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1938 - Ralph Marcus Meaburn Worsley, , Colonial Administrative Service, Officer of Class I, Ceylon Civil Service.
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) Military Division 1938 - Lieutenant-Colonel Waldo Sansoni, , Officer Commanding, Ceylon Light Infantry. Civil Division 1938 - Isabella Hardie Curr, , in charge of the McLeod Hospital for Women at Inuvil, near Jaffna, Ceylon. 1938 - Allan Morley Spaar, Relief Works Officer, Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Military Division 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class II (Regimental Quarter Master-Sergeant) Harold Collingwood Bayne, Ceylon Army Service Corps. 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major) George Noah David, Ceylon Medical Corps.
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal 1938 - The Reverend John Stirling Morley Hooper, General Secretary of the Bible Society for India & Ceylon, Central Provinces & Berar.
1939
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1939 - Guy Stanley Wodeman, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Military Division 1939 - Arthur Marcelles de Silva, , Senior Surgeon, General Hospital, Ceylon. Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1939 - Ammembal Vittal Pai, Indian Civil Service, Agent of the Government of India in Ceylon. 1939 - Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachchi Amarasekara. For services to art in Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Military Division 1939 - Lieutenant Henry Melville Cadman, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, Ceylon Defence Force. 1939 - Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala. For social services in Ceylon. 1939 - Ramanathar Sivagnanam. For public services in Ceylon.
Imperial Service Order Companion, (ISO) 1939 - Charles Vincent Gooneratne, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon. 1939 - Joachim Joseph Jacob, Deputy Auditor General, Ceylon. 1939 - Amnachalam Visvanadhan, Extra Office Assistant, Ceylon Civil Service.
Colonial Police Medal 1939 - Habaragamuwage Thomas Peiris, Sergeant of Police, Ceylon.
1940s
1941
Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross, (GCMG) 1941 - Sir Andrew Caldecott, , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon. Companion, (CMG) 1941 - Charles Henry Collins, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1941 - Cissie Cooray, , for social services in Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Civil Division 1941 - Duraiappa Rajaratnam. For social services in Ceylon.
Imperial Service Order Companion, (ISO) 1941 - William Theodore Loos, Office Assistant to the Chief Secretary, Ceylon. 1941 - Mudaliyar Sinattampi Vallipuram, Assistant Settlement Officer, Ceylon.
1942
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1942 - Robert Harry Drayton, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Commander, (CBE) Civil Division 1942 - Lionel McDowall Robison, Colonial Education Service, Director of Education, Ceylon.
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) Military Division 1942 - Lieutenant-Colonel John Victor Collins, , Ceylon Garrison Artillery. Civil Division 1942 - James Mervyn Fonseka, Legal Draftsman, Ceylon. Member, (MBE) Military Division 1942 - Major Neil Schokman, , Ceylon Engineers. Civil Division 1942 - Mary Olive Marjorie Carter, Principal, School for Deaf & Blind, Ceylon. 1942 - The Reverend Clarence Ebenezer Victor Nathanielsz, Charity Commissioner, Public Assistance Department, Colombo Municipality, Ceylon. 1942 - Donald Obeyesekere. For public services in Ceylon.
Imperial Service Order Companion, (ISO) 1942 - Harold Pietersz William Melder, Office Assistant, Matale Kachcheri, Ceylon. 1942 - James Cyril Wirekoon, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon.
1943
Order of the British Empire Knight Commander, (KBE) Civil Division 1943 - Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka, M.A, Ceylon Government’s Representative in India.
Officer, (OBE) Civil Division 1943 - Sabapathipillai Rajanayagam, Superintending Telecommunication Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department. 1943 - Ralph Henry Bassett, C.C.S, Commissioner for the Development of Agricultural Marketing. Officer, (OBE) Military Division 1943 - Major John Oldknow Widdows, M.C, Sherwood Foresters. 1943 - Major Ernest Lionel Mack, V.D, Ceylon Light Infantry
1946
Order of St Michael and St George Companion, (CMG) 1946 - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Ceylonese civil servant (Declined)
1946
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) 1947 - Richard Leslie Brohier, Assistant Surveyor General
1948
These were the first conferred under the Dominion of Ceylon
Order of the British Empire Officer, (OBE) 1948 - Abdon Ignatius Perera, acting Postmaster General 1948 - John Robert Blaze, Senior Physician, General Hospital, Colombo 1948 - Abdul Raheman Abdul Razik - Senator, Member of the State Council. 1948 - Gunasena de Soyza, Commissioner of Co-operative Development 1948 - Sabapathy Somasundaram, Proctor of the Supreme Court 1948 - Bertram Edmund Weerasinghe, Chief Officer Colombo Municipal Fire Brigade, Assistant Civil Defence Commissioner (Fire Services)
1950s
1950
Order of the British Empire Member, (MBE) 1950 - Lady Evelyn Johanna Publina de Soysa for social services
1951
Knight Bachelor 1951 - Sir Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator. 1951 - The Honourable Sir Edward George Perera Jayetileke, , Chief Justice of Ceylon. 1951 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, , Senator. 1951 - Sir Razik Fareed, , Senator.
Order of St Michael and St George