The Senanayake Clan
D.S. Senanayake, first Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka in 1948, in typical Kandyan regalia with the old Ceylon Flag in the background photo courtesy of Dehan Seneviratne, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
seated center: Don Spater Senanayake seated left: his daughter, Maria Frances Senanayake, seated right: his wife, Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake standing back row: son-in-law, F.H.Dias Bandaranaike, sons, D.S. Senanayake, D.C.Senanayake, & F.R. Senanayake photo: A. Wright, Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon, 1907, extracted from the back cover page of "Nobodies to Somebodies, The Rise of the Colonial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka" by Kumari Jayawardena |
standing at back: D.S. Senanayake seated left to right: D.C. Senanayake, Amadoris Mendis, unidentified person, F.R. Senanayake seated on the grass in front: unidentified person, Carolis (DS Senanayakes valet in later years) photo, courtesy Darini Rajasinghma Senanayake, extracted from the front cover of "Nobodies to Somebodies, The Rise of the Colonial Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka" by Kumari Jayawardena |
Don Spater Senanayake & Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake photo: courtesy Dehan Seneviratne, Colombo, Sri Lanka |