Justin Kotelawala, CBE, JP was a Sri Lankan businessman and senator.
11 Facts About Justin Kotelawala
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Justin Kotelawala was the former chairman of the Ceylinco Group.
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Justin Kotelawala was born to John Kotelawala, a police inspector turned businessman and Alice Elisabeth Kotelawala, daughter of Mudaliyar Don Charles Gemoris Attygalle, a wealthy land and mine owner.
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Justin Kotelawala was three years old when his father died and with this, the family fortunes declined after much funds were spent on the legal defence of his father.
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Alice Justin Kotelawala who had converted to Christianity slowly built up the family wealth through careful management of their remaining land holdings and the share of the Kahatagaha graphite mine, which she received from her younger sister Ellen and brother-in-law, Fredrick Richard Senanayake.
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Justin Kotelawala was educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at the University of Cambridge, where he gained an MA.
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Justin Kotelawala joined the mercantile sector, he served on the boards of Ceylon Insurance, Finance Company, Central Hospital, and Ceylon Tours and became the Chairman of the Ceylinco Group.
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Justin Kotelawala was a council member of the Ceylon National Chamber of Commerce.
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Justin Kotelawala was elected as a member of the Colombo Municipal Council from 1940 to 1944.
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Justin Kotelawala was a founding member of the United National Party and served as its treasurer.
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Justin Kotelawala married heiress Millicent de Silva, the only child of Sir Arthur Marcelles de Silva and Lady Laura Elizabeth de Silva in 1931.