James Cecil Walter Pereira

James Cecil Walter Pereira (10 September 1856 – 9 June 1915) was the 4th Solicitor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1906, succeeding Ponnambalam Ramanathan, and held the office until 1912. He was succeeded by James Van Langenberg.

James Cecil Walter Pereira was born on 10 September 1856, the second son of John Pereira, a school master at Queen's College and Susan Sally née de Haan. He was educated at the Colombo Academy, St. Thomas' College and graduated from Calcutta University. The same year he returned to Ceylon and was admitted as an advocate of the Supreme Court. He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Madras. In 1904 he was made a King's Counsel.

In 1895 he married Helena Blanche née McCarthy (1875-1961) and they had three children: Aelian Walter Woodward (b. 1896); Aileen Helena Suzette Woodward (b. 1899) and Christine Helen Wilhelmina Woodward (b. 1905).