Osmund de Silva

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Osmund de Silva
Inspector General of Police (Ceylon)
In office
26 July 1955 – 24 April 1959
Preceded byRichard Aluwihare
Succeeded byM. Walter F. Abeykoon
Personal details
Bornc.1901[1]
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka[2]
Diedc. 1980
SpouseEna née Aluwihare
ProfessionPolice officer

Santiago Wilson Osmund De Silva

Ceylonese career police officer to become Inspector-General of Police
(1955–1959).

Early life and education

Santiago Wilson Osmund De Silva was born on 25 December 1909 the son of Mudliyar Thomas de Silva, founding principal of

University College, Colombo,[4]

Police career

De Silva joined the

Ceylon Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Defence Medal 1939-45, Ceylon Police Independence Medal and the Service Medal of the Order of St John.[5][6]

Inspector General of Police

In 1955 de Silva succeeded his father-in-law,

Colombo Harbour.[9] De Silva declined to do the Prime Minister’s bidding on the basis that he believed the request was unlawful.[10][11] On 24 April 1959, de Silva was compulsorily retired from the police force and M. Walter F. Abeykoon, a civil servant, was appointed in his place.[12]

Family

In 1941, he married

Ena Aluvihare, the nineteen year old daughter of the civil servant Richard Aluwihare, who would become the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police in 1947.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Jayasena, Ananda (30 December 2010). "Infamous Coup D'état". Daily News. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ISBN 9781524600419
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  3. ^ "Dharmasoka PPA felicitates IGP". Daily News. 26 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. ^ Sivendran, S. (23 March 2013). "Golden Years of Police Service". The Island. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. ^ Ceylon Civil List 1954. Colombo: Ceylon Government Press. 1954. p. 68.
  6. ISBN 9780226748665
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  7. Sunday Times
    . Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ Wijesinha, Rajiva (30 September 2013). "The Idea Of Community Policing: Then and Now". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Parliamentary Debates". 36. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 1960: 115. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Parliamentary Debates". 36. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 1960: 162. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Operation Holdfast: Contours of a Coup Conspiracy". Daily Mirror. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. Sunday Times
    . Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  13. ISBN 9781442255852
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  14. ^ Robson, David (30 December 2015). "Ena De Silva - The Museful Fashioner". ATRA. JAZ Publishing. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
Police appointments
Preceded by Inspector General of Police
1955–1959 		Succeeded by
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