William Ellawala

William Ellawala (born 1834) was a Ceylonese legislator. He was the Kandyan Sinhalese member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was appointed to the post of Rate Mahatmaya by the British Government of Ceylon.

Ancestors of the Mahawalatenne family. 1 to 8 William Ellawala, William Ellawala Jn., Mahawalatenne Rate Mahattaya, Cyril Ellawala, Francis Theodore Ellawala, Sylvia Ellawala, Harry Ellawala, Agnes Mahawalatenne (Nee Ellawala)

Born to Banda from Sabaragamuwa, he educated at the Ratnapura School and S. Thomas' College, Mutwal. He joined the government service in the Native Department and was appointed as a Rate Mahatmaya in 1856.

He married Jane Petronella, daughter of Mudaliyar Don Bartholomew. His daughter Agnes married Mahawalatenne Rate Mahattaya of Balangoda and their daughters are Jane Mahawalatenne Ebrahim Obeysekara Jayawardena Kataluwa Walawwa Rosalind Mahawatenne married Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe. His great grand daughter Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first female Prime Minister in the world.

See also

• List of political families in Sri Lanka

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