Lucien de Silva

Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva, QC, PC (25 April 1893 – 28 November 1962) was a Ceylonese lawyer and judge, who was a Solicitor General of Ceylon, sat on the Supreme Court of Ceylon and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Education Born in Ceylon to G. de Silva. De Silva was educated at Royal College, Colombo, Trinity College, Kandy, and entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1911. He graduated in 1914 with a BA in Mathematical Tripos.

Legal career He was called to the English Bar as a barrister in 1916 from the Gray's Inn. On his return to he enrolled as an advocate and started his legal practice in the unofficial bar. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ceylon in 1931, serving till 1934 and was appointed a Ceylonese King's Counsel in 1932. In 1932, he served briefly acting Attorney General for Ceylon. In 1933, he was appointed Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. He retired from the service of the government of Ceylon in 1934. In 1938 he was appointed an English King's Counsel in 1932.

De Silva became a Bencher of Gray's Inn and was elected an honorary fellow of St John's College, Cambridge in 1956.

He married Anne Edwards, daughter of George G. Edwards, of Liandrinio, Montgomeryshire in 1930. They had no children. He died on 28 November 1962 following a brief illness at his home in Willow Brook, Hassocks, Sussex.