Cyril E. S. Perera

Cyril E. S. Perera, QC, (19 January 1892 – 27 March 1968) was a former member of the House of Representatives (Ceylon), and in later life a leading businessman.

Biography

Cyril Ernest Stanley Perera was born on 19 January 1892 and received his secondary education at St. Anthony's College, Kandy. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree and first class honours Bachelor of Law degree from the University of London Disillusioned he did not run again at the 1956 Parliamentary elections and returned to business and the law. Perera was a vocal critic of the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike government's 'Sinhala Only Act' stating: "The Tamils will never forget and never forgive the majority community for depriving them of rights which had been apparently been secured to them."

In 1938 Perera, in association with Hugh Weerasekere, founded the Ceylon Insurance Company (predecessor to Ceylinco Consolidated) and was a member of its board until his death. At the time of his death, on 27 March 1968, he was either chairman or on the directorate of several Ceylonese organisations.