Sri Lanka Sinhalese Family Genealogy
SAMARAKKODY - FAMILY #3118
1 Samanakkodi
It is recorded in the work, "The Kandyan Kingdom 1707-1760" by Lorna S Devaraja, that the two Chief Ministers, Wijayasundera Wickremasinha Chandrasekera Rajakarunanayaka Seneviratne Mudiyanse, the Pallegampahe 1st Adikaram of the Kandyan Kingdom from 1734-1737 and from 1747-1759 from the Wasagama of Ehelepola, and Wijeyasundera Loku Mudiyanse alias "Pilimatalawe", the Udagampahe Adikaram from 1760-1766, from the Wasagama of Elamaldeniya, were related to each other. Although the specifics of this relationship are not mentioned in that record, it is obvious that the marriage of the "Monarawila' Lady, who was King Narendrasingha's concubine, to the first known "Pilamatalawe Adikaram", is the basis for this relationship.
The same record in the work of Lora S Devaraja, states that Urulewatte Wijayasundera Loku Mudiyanse, the 2nd Adikaram, had to yield his position to a rival of the first Adikaram due to the above mentioned relationship, between him and the 1st Adikaram. In this ninstance the rival of the 1st Adikaram from Ehelepola is identified as a relative of the senior "Leuke", the Maha Disawa of Sathara Korale from 1740-1751.
By 1743, the senior Leuke Nilame was in favor with King SRi Vijaya Rajasinha. Within the next three years he had received many lands by way of the Royal Grant, popularly knon as the "Leuke Sannasa", and had been appointed as the Disawa of of Thun Korale. Due to the excessive influence he was having at the Court, King Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was compelled to appoint a relative of Leuke, who is identified as Samarakkodi/Samarankjodi Nilame, to the office of Udagampahe 2nd Adikaram in 1746, the last year of his reign. Samarakkodi Nilame held this office up to 1760, which was well into the reign of the succeeding King Kirthi Sri Rajasinha. However, due to his continuing close contact with the Madura Dynasty, with the ascent of a new King, the once removed Wijayasundera Wickremasinha Chnadrasekera Rajakarunanayaka Seneviratne Mudiyanse of Ehelepola was re-instated in 1747 and was Pallegampahe 1st Adikaram up to 1759.
The senior "Leuke" Nilame, the Maha Disawa of the Sathara Korale, died in 1751, and by 1753 the fortunes of Samarakkodi Adikaram were in decline. Samarakkodi/Samarankodi Adikaram had a hand in the conspiracy of 1760 against King Kirthi Sri Rajasinha. According to the "Sasanavathirna Varanawa", it was the ex-second Adikaram, Urelewatte (Pilimitalawe) Panditha Wahala Loku Mudiyanse who revealed the conspiracy through Galagoda Disawa alias "Munwatte Adikaram" who became the Pallegampaha 1st Adikaram in 1760. The Samarankodi Adikaram was executed in 1760 for his part in the conspiracy. Pilimatalawe Elamaldeniya Loku Mudiyanse was recalled to re-assume duites as Udagampahe 2nd Adikaram from late 1760 to 1766. Galagoda alias "Munwatte Adikaram" became very powerful and held as many as twenty High Offices between 1760 and 1777, the year of his demise. He held te post of 1st Adikaram until the defats in the Dutch wars between 1762 and 1766 made him to be removed by Kirthi Sri Rajasinha in favor of a new 1st Adikaram from the village of Angamanna in Kandukara Ihala Korale Udapalatha. This was Samaradivakara Wickramasinha Ilangakoon Senanayaka Rajapaksa Rajakaruna Mudiyanse of Angammana who received a Sannasa from Kirthi Sri Rajasinha and held the post of 1st Adikaram for 24 years, from 1766 to 1790.
The relationship between Urulewate Wickremasinha Loku Mudiyanse and Waradamune Chnadrasekera Seneviratne Mudiyanse helps to establish the fact that these two families were identified later on, by their Wasagams, as "Pilimatalawe" and "Ehelepola", and have long standing inter-family links.
[extracted from "Four Kandyan Families" by Sunil J Madugalle, 2005, pp 61-62]
Around 1750 AD, King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe (Nayakkar King 1747-1782 AD) of Kandy had sent to (Siam) Thailand, a delegation to bring back Buddhism to (Ceylon) Sri Lanka. (Due to the invasion of Portugese, Buddhism had died out in Ceylon.). The Dutch had agreed, to bring Buddhism back to Ceylon, in exchange for them to have trading posts in Batticaloa. Among the officers to meet the Siam Ambassadors in Trincomalee, were Samanakkodi Uda Gampaha Adigar, and another Adigar, (Chief ministers and advisors to the King).
(Samanakkodi, meaning the bearer of the flag of the monks. The name changed to Samarakkody during the British period.)
The Historic Upasampada Ceremony was held in Kandy at Malvatta Vihara on 19th July 1753, under the supervision of Venerable Upali thera senior monk of Siam.
A person in the name of Leuke Rala, who had a knowledge of Pali was close to the Adigar Samankkodi. Leuke Rala and the King were not in good terms, and arrest orders had been issued. Therefore Leuke Rala was confined to a house in the village of Makehelvala at the foot of Alagalla mountains. A knowledge of Pali is necessary to gain access to the Tripitaka.In the determination to learn pali the monk Saranankara took residence in a cave near Alagalla mountains,and Leuke Rala had thought Pali to Velivita Saranankara Thera.Such was Saranankara thera’s desire to learn and respect for scholarship.Saranankara samanera and several others were conferred Upasampada at the above ceremony in 1753.
It is believed that the King had contacts with the Dutch in Colombo through the Samanakkodi Adigar.
(Above details were obtained from the Internet and from a book of Dr Lorna Devaraja, a History Professor from Colombo University.)
2 Samanakkodi Uda Gampaha Adigar b. circa 1700, Around 1750 AD, King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe (Nayakkar King 1747-1782AD) of Kandy, had sent to (Siam) Thailand, a delegation to bring back Buddhism to (Ceylon) Sri Lanka. Due to the invasion of Portugese, Buddhism had died out in Ceylon. The Dutch had agreed, to bring Buddhism, in exchange for them to have trading posts in Batticaloa. Among the officers to meet the Siam Ambassadors in Trincomalee, were Samanakkodi Uda Gampaha Adigar, and another Adigar,(Chief ministers and advisors to the King). (Samanakkodi, meaning the bearer of the flag of the Monks. The name changed to Samarakkody during the British period.
There is a belief that King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe who was a tamil, was not doing enough for Buddhism and that was the reason for the conspiracy to replace him. And it is believed that after the incident the king realized,that in order to rule the country he had to promote Buddhism. During his period he had brought learned bhikkus from Siam to advance Buddhism and also built the Raja Maha Viharaya in Kandy.
It is stated in the book of John Holt,that in 1745, Catholic priest had been tried in a tribunal by 3 Buddhist leaders which included Samanakkodi Adigar, Saranankara Thera and Leuke Nilame for writing anti Buddhist literature.
3 Don Johan de Fonseka Samarasundera Seneviratne Samarakkody, Mudaliyar Hewagam Korale under Dutch Govt.(b circa 1725) + Tudugalage Geomara m:1750, d/o Tudugalage Don Simon, Saffremadu & (20.1.1722) Dona Joanna Wettesinha (3143) descendent of King Parakramabahu V1 of Kotte (1412-1467) from JHO Paulsz’s book (see Tudugala family tree)
4 Andris Samarakkody + Ms Dissanaike (sister of Don Abraham Dissanaike, second Mudaliyar of Hewagam Korale)
4 Paulis Samarakkody-(b approx 1750)(Mohandiram.Hewagam Korale) + Dona Louisa de Livera on 3rd June 1770.(Louisa born 20th May 1753)
Dona Louisa is the daughter of Marappuli Appuhamilage Don Louis de Livera Wijewickrema Seneviratne(Mudaliyar)(1725-1790)and Johanna Dassanaike baptised 1728 (Johanna daughter of Joseph Crastolian Wijesundera Dassanaike Mohandiram of Attapattu.)(gg grand daughter of Magamme Rala b 1610 of Weliwita of Hewagam Korale) (3109)
5 Louis Samarakkody + Francina de Livera, daughter of Paules de Livera Weerakoon, Muhandiram, Hapitigam Korale.b approx 1795, Clerk Colombo Katcherri. Commutation Assessor. (3109)
6 James de Fonseka Samarakkody + de Livera
7 Lawrence Samarakkody (Lawyer) + Eheliyagoda
8 Lorinda Samarakkody, d:2005 + Terrance Perera
9 Mahinda Perera, Engineer (Aus) + Nirmalee
10 Milinda Perera
10 Imara Perera
10 Lakshini Perera
10 Sean Perera
6 **Louis Charles de Fonseka Thilakaratne Samarakkody. b:3 Mar 1840. STC.Mount Lavinia + Cornelia Fredrica Siriwardene, (great grand daughter of David de Silva Siriwardene, Mudliyar Raigam Korale, grand daughter of Simon de Silva Siriwardene Maha Mudliyar and daughter of Jacobus Dionysius de Siva Siriwardene), Mohandiram Alukuru Korale, Mudaliyar Kegalle Kachcherri. President 6 village Tribunals.Mudaliyar under Governor Gate 1883. Had following estates-Lenegala Estate Panagoda, Mahalanda Estate, Rambukkana Kegalle. (They lived in a house in Wolfendhal Street Fort,Colombo).
7 William Charles Samarakkody.Born approx 1875, educated at Wesley College.
7 Jane Cecilia Samarakkody. died unmarried
7 Henry Charles Augustus Samarakkody (Mudaliyar Pasdum Korale) + Yohanna Pieris Deraniyagala. Their house was called “Sorodoven” - presently the Gampaha Holy Family Convent)
8 Solomon Arthur Samarakkody (Lawyer) + Iole de Livera (3109)
9 Srikumar Samarakkody (Doctor) (STC) + Nanda Jayasinghe no children
9 Srivanka Samarakkody, STC + Chitra Welagedara
10 Lalinda Samarakkody
10 Dulanga Samarakkody
9 Rajan Samarakkody + Irani Alahakoon
10 Dilukshan Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia
10 Dinesh Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia
10 Chanaka Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia
9 Sriyani Samarakkody + Gamini Jayaweera, d:2001
10 Dushantha Jayaweera, Pilot
9 Rohini Samarakkody (unmarried)
9 Malkanthi Samarakkody + Gehan de Livera (NZ)
10 Roland de Livera
10 Jeevaka de Livera
9 Indrajith Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia + Jayanthi
10 Arinda Samarakkody
10 Navodya Samarakkody
9 Suvendrini Samarakkody + Nihal Gunathilaka (no issue)
8 Millicent Elinor Samarakkody (d:1994) + Jimmy Senewiratne, d:1970 of Galkissa Walauwa
9 Vasanthi Senewiratne + Marshal Wijesinghe (SLAF), d:1988
10 Ayanthi Wijesinghe.(UK) + Samith Jayasekera
9 Ranjith Senewiratne, Personal Manager (STC.Mt Lavinia) + Deepthi Malalgoda
10 Hirantha Senewiratne STC.Mt Lavinia
9 Tissa Senewiratne (Dr.), Chief Medical Officer, STC Mount Lavinia + Shreeni Attygalle
10 Thishani Senewiratne + Amal De Mel
11 Amashi De Mel, b:1994
11 Shineli De Mel
10 Chaminda Senewiratne (STC Mt Lavinia) + Misthi de Silva
8 [4] Amy Elizabeth Samarakkody (b.1917) + [3] Milton Samarakkody.(1915-1964)
9 Mohan Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia + Priyani Senewiratne
10 Sandeepani Samarakkody + Chandima Alutwala
10 Yasamali Samarakkody
9 Romesh Samarakkody, STC.Mt Lavinia (Lawyer) + Anoma Meddegoda
10 Shalini Samarakkody + Nirodha Kodikara
9 Shiranthi Samarakkody (UK) + Cyril Wijesekera
10 Dr Neville Wijesekera
10 Amantha Wijesekera
9 Sivendrini (Babishi) Samarakkody (unmarried)
8 [1] Dagmar Corneliya Samarakkody (1912-2000) + [2] *Edmund Samarakkody.(19 Apr 1912-1992), (MP Dehiowita & Bulathsinhala . Lawyer STC Mount Lavinia
9 Nahil Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia, Lawyer, d:1988 + Yvonne Kobbekaduwa, d:1988 (sister of Lt. General Denzil Kobbekaduwa)
10 Pulinda Samarakkody, STC. Mount Lavinia (cricket for STC), + Minoli Sirimanne,
11 Rehal Samarakkody, Vancouver.
10 Sidath Samarakkody, STC Mount Lavinia (captained cricket team) + Ms Pieris
11 Tharini Samarakkody
11 Anushka Samarakkody
10 Swanthi Samarakkody, b:1973 (California)
9 Chulanganee Samarakkody. + Nihal Tudugalle (SLAF) (Singapore)
10 Hasitha Tudugalle
10 Shashitha Tudugalle
10 Thilanka Tudugalle
8 Robert Charles Samarakkody, b:26 Oct 1913-d:26 Nov 1998 in California + Allina Dassanayake
9 Amara Samarakkody(PhD) + Kusum Perera
10 Chandana Yasanatha (California)
9 Senaka Samarakkody, b:1943 + Mangalika Jayathilake (California)
10 Tharuja Samarakkody + Ashok Ponnambalam (Texas)
11 Naresh Ponnambalam
11 Sanjiv Ponnambalam
10 Sajeevani Samarakkody + Brandon Hughes (California)
10 Niroshana Samarakkody + Ushma Bhatt (California)
8 Vernon Victor Samarakkody, died unmarried
8 Douglas Samarakkody + Ms Liyanage
9 Nanda Samarakkody
9 Somapala Samarakkody
9 Dharmasena Samarakkody
9 Neela Samarakkody
9 Mahinda Samarakkody
9 Shrimathi Samarakkody
8 2nd spouse of Douglas Samarakkody + Nedra Bandaranaike (SWRD’s cousin) (1001)
9 Dudley Samarakkody + Anula Hettiaratchi
10 Shehan Samarakkody
10 Thalini Samarakkody
10 Harshan Samarakkody
10 Heshan Samarakkody
9 Chrisantha Samarakkody + Tilani Abeysekera
10 Kristina Abeysekera
10 Lalin Abeysekera
10 Lavinia Abeysekera
9 Niranjala Samarakkody + Krishantha Obeyesekera
10 Dileni Obeyesekera
10 Andrew Obeyesekera
8 Lionel Charles Samarakkody + Chandra de Saram, d:Feb 16 2007 (see obituary notice below**)
9 Sasanka Samarakkody (Journalist)
8 Olga Agnes Mary Samarakkody + Henry Taldena
9 Lankasa Taldena
9 Jayantha Taldena, died unmarried
8 Lilly Samarakkody, b:9 Dec 1922 + Eric de Alwis. (died of a heart attack at Royal-Thomian match on 13 March 1965)
9 Neomal de Alwis.STC.Mount Lavinia + Ramani
10 Nilhan de Alwis
9 Rohan de Alwis.STC.Mount Lavinia (unmarried)
9 Duleep de Alwis (Chute) STC.Mount Lavinia, GM Hotel Ceysands + Mallika (Chubby) Meddegoda
10 Arjun de Alwis (STC Mt Lavinia)
10 Radhini de Alwis (Bishops College)
8 Harriet Samarakkody + Godfrey Perera, d:1997
9 Anoja Perera (NZ) + Mohan Senanayake
10 Roshanara Senanayake
10 Samantha Senanayake
9 Dilip Perera, STC.Mount Lavinia, Sri Lankan Airlines, d:1998 + Sunethra Senanayake
10 Mandula Kittu Perera, b:1989
10 Umaya Perera, b:1991
9 Heshan Perera (USA), STC.Mount Lavinia
9 Eranjani Perera (Aus) + Pasan Manawadu
10 Dmithri Manawadu
7 Edwin Charles Augustus Samarakkody. b:1881, Proctor Dist Court Colombo. + Rosalyn Peiris Deraniyagala.
8 Malcolm Samarakkody, b:4 Sep 1923, Royal College, Worked as Asst Commissioner National Housing + Daisy Kobbekaduwa. born 28/6/1926 (aunt of Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Daisy Kobbekaduwa is from Kandy and related to the Ratwatte, Hulangamuwa, Halangoda and Amunugama families.)
9 Shiranthi Samarakkody, died at 29 years in 1978
9 Nirmani (Nimmi) Samarakkody
10 Randy + Buddhini
10 Samadhi
9 Tyronne Samarakkody
9 Marlon Samarakkody + Padma
9 Anomi Samarakkody + Asoka Abeydeera
10 Nirusha Abeydeera, b:1995
10 Dishan Abeydeera, b:1995
10 Nishani Abeydeera, b:1995 (California)
8 Hinton Samarakkody + Malini Seneviratne (3138)
8 Dottie Samarakkody + Clive Dias Bandaranaike
9 Sripali Bandaranaike
7 Charles Peter Samarakkody. Mohandiram Governor Gate period and planter. + Anne Catherine Thilakaratne. (d/o John Nicholas Thilakaratne Mudaliyar of Matara)
8 Zeids Samarakkody (died unmarried)
8 Stephen Samarakkody. MP Polgahawela 1960 + Neeta Senanayake (niece of F R Senanayake)
9 Sriyani Samarakkody + Mahinda Yatawaka
10 Nishamani Yatawaka+Anura Delgoda
10 Haren Yatawaka+Dilani Pieris
11 Kiyana Yatawaka
11 Anithra Yatawaka
9 Nirmala+Shanthi Wickremasinghe
10 Ayanthi
10 ?
9 Dilkara Samarakkody + Shanthi Perera
10 Haresh
10 Shehara
8 Nannie Samarakkody + Phillip Senewiratne (3108)
9 Dr. Brian Senewiratne, (Consultant Physician Brisbane Aus. MBBS - Lond, FRCP - Lond) (Aus) + Alagaratnam
10 Romesh Senewiratne
10 Sherine Senewiratne
9 Phoebe Senewiratne + Nanda Yatawara
10 Lakshman Yatawara (UK)
10 Neliya Yatawara (UK)
10 Kavanthissa Yatawara (UK)
8 Elsie Samarakkody + Quintas Gunerwardena
9 Eileen Gunerwardena
9 Desmond Gunerwardena + Rani Yasmin Chaudhry Mamujee
10 Nadia Rukhsana Mamujee + Lindberg (Sweden)
10 Asgi Mamujee (Nederlands)
(both step children of Desmond Gunerwardena)
9 Champani Gunerwardena + Eustus Jayakody (California)
10 Neomal Jayakody
10 Dushan Jayakody
10 Chamini Jayakody
10 Suren Jayakody
9 Derrick Gunerwardena + Sheila Pieris
10 Shane Gunerwardena
10 Duwanne Gunawardena
10 Mariza Gunerwardena
9 Doreen Gunerwardena + de Costa
10 Sriyakanthi de Costa + Balendra
11 Michelle Balendra
9 Hyacinth Gunerwardena + Nissanka Dias (formerly Central Bank)
10 Diluksha Dias + Malini
11 Gayathri Dias
11 Name Not Known
10 Rohan Dias + Esther
10 Priyadharsani Dias + Bhuwaneka Perera.
10 Amal Dias + Hurumali
8 [2] Edmund Samarakkody, b:19/Apr/1912-d:1992, Lawyer. STC.Mount Lavinia MP for Dehiowita 1956 MP for Bulathsinhala 1960 LSSP. Participated in the freedom struggle for Sri Lanka. + [1] Dagmar Samarakkody
9 Nahil Samarakkody.Lawyer. + Yvonne Kobbekaduwa
10 Pulinda Samarakkody, STC Mt Lainia (cricket for STC Mt Lainia) + Minoli Sirimanne, Has a daughter and lives in Vancouver.
10 Sidath Samarakkody, STC Mt Lainia (captained cricket team) + Ms Peiris
11 Name Not Known
11 Name Not Known
10 Swanthi Samarakkody.(California)
9 Chulanganee. + Nihal Tudugalle
10 Hasitha Tudugalle
10 Shashitha Tudugalle
10 Thilanka Tudugalle
8 Effie Samarakkody + Pani Ilangakoon
9 Pani Ilangakoon
8 2nd spouse of Effie Samarakkody + Jayathileke, MP
9 Rohan Jayathileke
9 Dullip Jayathileke
9 Lakshan Jayathileke
9 Jayantha Jayathileke
9 Tanya Jayathileke
8 [3] Milton Samarakkody (1915-1964) + [4] Amy Elizabeth Samarakkody (b.1917)
9 Mohan Samarakkody.Stc.Mtl + Priyani Senewiratne
10 Sandeepani Samarakkody + Alutwala
10 Yasamali Samarakkody.
9 Romesh Samarakkody Stc.Mtl (Lawyer) + Anoma Meddegoda
10 Shalini Samarakkody + Nirodha Kodikara.
9 Shiranthi Samarakkody (UK) + Cyril Wijesekera.
10 Dr Neville Wijesekera
10 Amantha Wijesekera
9 Sivendrini (Babishi) Samarakkody (unmarried)
8 Siripala Samarakkody (MP-Narammala) (1907-1944), President Ceylon Congress + Girlie Senanayake (daughter of FR Senanayake) (3001)
9 Malini Samarakkody + Rajamandhri Jayagandhi Ratnagopal
10 Niranjan Tilak Rajkumar Ratnogopal changed his name to Gideon Tilak Conrad + Jane Ridgeon
11 Misha Soraya Conrad (daughter)
11 Tarik Anthony Martin Conrad (son)
10 Priyani Dharshani Ratnogopal.
10 Rushika Sriyani Ratnagopal + Martenstyn
11 Yanick Stephen Martenstyn
10 Nilhan Suresh
10 Nilmini Shobhana
9 Rukmani Samarakkody + Sena Attygalle
10 Nirmala Samarakkody
10 Dhanika Samarakkody
10 Son
9 Surangani Samarakkody + Dr Kingsley Ranasinghe (UK)
10 Channa Ranasinghe + Wijewardena
10 Thiruni Ranasinghe + Indraketiya
10 Ruwani Ranasinghe + Ellepola
8 Togo Samarakkody + Rivette Abeysinghe
9 Wimala (adopted) and has 4 children
8 Lilly Samarakkody + Piyadasa Senanayake (Kehelella) (3001)
9 Lilani Senanayake + Kithsiri Jayasinghe
10 son
10 daughter
9 Egerton Senanayake (UK)
9 Devendra Senanayake
10 daughter
10 daughter
9 Ananda Senanayake
7 Charlotte Henrietta Samarakkody 1880-1970 + Godwin de Livera.1876-1921 Revenue Officer (3109)
8 Carita de Livera, died unmarried
8 Ivy de Livera, died unmarried
8 Zisca de Livera, died unmarried
8 Iole de Livera + Solomn Samarakkody.
9 Dr. Srikumar Samarakkody + Nanda
9 Srivanka Samarakkody + Welagedera
9 Rajan Samarakkody + Ira Alahakoon
9 Sriyani Samarakkody + Gamini Jayaweera
9 Rohini Samarakkody
9 Malkanthi Samarakkody + Gehan de Livera (NZ)
9 Indrajith Samarakkody + Name Not Known
10 son
10 daughter
9 Suvendrini Samarakkody + Nihal Gunathilake
8 Vaughn de Livera 1917-2003. STC + Chandra Pieris Deraniyagala (1005)
9 Yasmin de Livera(Aus) + Ramesh Abeysekera
10 Jehan Abeysekera
10 Yohan Abeysekera
9 Gayan de Livera died unmarried STC.Mount Lavinia
8 Louis Charles de Livera (Carl), 1919-1969 STC Mt Lavinia, Lawyer Colombo, District Court + Gertrude Seneviratne .Eng .Instructor.
9 Sunil de Livera.Musicion.STC.Mount Lavinia, 1956-2003, d:unmarried
9 Jagath Manjula de Livera, STC Mount Lavinia, (b:1960), (Accountant/Deputy Chief Internal Auditor Urban Development Authority Sri Lanka, 1985-2005), migrated to Melbourne Australia in 2006 + Lakshmi Arulanandam, Lawyer (5030)
10 Rahul Lakshan de Livera b 1994, Rowville Sec. College, Aus
10 Shruti Manisha de Livera b 2001, Rowville Primary, Aus
9 Lankika de Livera b1964 Journalist, Bishops College 1st + Prasanna Panditharatne.
10 Kusan Panditharatne.STC. Kollupitiya. 2hd + S. Srikumar (Accountant)
7 Mary Elizebeth Samarakkody + Arthur Thilakaratne.
8 Grace Thilakaratne + Francis Senewiratne
9 Ranjith died at 16yrs (1967)
9 Nimal Senewiratne + Geetha
10 Amanda Senewiratne
10 Eshan Senewiratne
9 Niranjala Senewiratne + Kalinda Doranagoda
10 Shamila Doranagoda (Aus) + Duminda Maligaspe
11 Dinuri Maligaspe
9 Priyani Senewiratne + Mohan Samarakkody
10 Sandeepani Samarakkody + Alutwala
10 Yasamali Samarakkody
8 Olive Thilakaratne + Francis Wijesundera
3 de Fonseka Samarakkody
4 Samarakkody Mudaliyar + Christina Pietronella Dias Bandaranaike, bp:29th October 1789, d/o Don David Dias Bandaranaike & Juliana Sophiya De Saram (1001)
5 Daughter (m 1800) + Samuel Amarasekera (3068)
6 Daughter + Adirian Dias Bandaranayaka, Malwana
6 Daughter +Carolis Livera, Muhandiram Kalutara
6 Daughter + P Gunatilaka, Muhandiram Lockgate Colombo
7 Robert Gunatilaka, President Pasdum Korale
6 Simon Paulus Ameresekere, Muhandiram, Hapitigam Korale,1830 - No Issue
6 Johannas Paulus Ameresekere, Muhandiram Gangaboda Pattu – 1855
6 Abraham Ameresekere, Muhandiram Siyane Korale, Medapttu - 1860
7 Charles Ameresekere + Miss Seneviratna, Ekala
7 Louis Ameresekere + Miss Perera, Kirindiwita
7 Paulis Ameresekere + Miss Seneviratna, Ekala
10 Daughter +
Solomon Dias Bandaranayaka, Malwana
6 Henry Ameresekere, Muhandiram Ambanwita - 1840
6 Herat Ameresekere, Muhandiram, Hapitigam Korale - 1838
4 Fonseka Samarakkody
5 Carolis de Fonseka Thilakaratne Samarakkody, (an uncle of Louis Charles de Fonseka Thilakaratne Samarakkody), Carolis de Fonseka Samarakkody - Received a medal from Sir Robert Brownrigg in 1818 Also received the Jubilee Gold medal from Sir West Ridgeway for services to the British government during the Kandyan rebellion.
Prepared by Manjula de Livera
e-mail – manjulafamily@yahoo.com.au
Updated: 12-Nov-2008
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Reference to L. C. De Fonseka W. T. Samarakkody:
In
the Saka year 1675, corresponding to A.D. 1750, in an account given of King
Kirti Sri Rajasinha, of Kandy, translated by Paul E. Peiris, N.A.C.C.S:,
barrister-at-law, appears the record of the return of the embassy which the king
had sent to Siam, and amongst the officers delegated to meet these ambassadors
figures the name of Samarakkody, the Udagampaha Adigar, from whom the subject
of this sketch is descended. The Adigar’s descendant was Johan de Fonseka
Samarasundere Seneviratne Samarakkody, who was the Mudaliyar of Hewagam Korale
under the Dutch administration. His eldest som, Paulis was Mohandiram in the
same Korale, and his second son, Andris, who married the sister of Don Abraham
Dissenaike, second Mudaliyar of Hewagam Korale, was Atapattu Mohandirain of
Colombo in the same government. Louis grandson of Johan de Fonseka Samarakkody,
was attached to the Colombo Kachcheri as Clerk and Commutation Assessor. He
married Francina, daughter of Paules de Livera Weerakon, Mohandiram of Hapitigam
Korale, and their son, Louis Charles de Fonseka Wijeyewickkrame Tillekeratne
Samarakkodv, whose name heads this sketch, was born at Colombo in 1840.
He received his education at Colombo Academy and St. Thomas’s College, and entered the Government service in 1861, attached to the Court of Requests, Colombo, as sworn Translator. He also served in the Colombo Kachcheri, and became Mohandiram of Alutkuru Korale, South, and then was appointed Mudaliyar of the Kegalla Kachcheri. He was President of six Village Tribunals in three different Korales, and was appointed Mudaliyar of the Governor’s Gate in 1883. Twelve years later he retired from Government employ, after thirty-eight years of continuous service.
In 1871 he married Cornelia Fredrica, the daughter of Jacobus Dionysius de Silva Siriwardene, Atapattu Mohandiram of Colombo (whose grandfather, David de Silva Siriwardene, was Mudaliyar of Rayigam Korale, and ‘whose father, Simon de Silva Siriwardene, was Maha Mudaliyar). Of the sons of this marriage, Charles Henry Augustus is Mudaliyar of Pasdun Korale East; Charles Peter, a Mohandiram of the Governor’s Gate, is a planter, who is married to Anne Kathereen, daughter of John Nicholas Dissenaike Tillekeratne, Mudaliyar of Matara; Charles Edwin is a Proctor of the District Court of Colombo and Charles William is a senior student of Wesley College, Colombo. Mr. Samarakkody has three daughters, Charlotte Henrietta, Mary Elizabeth, and Jane Cecilia.
Amongst his family possessions, Mr. Samarakkody treasures a gold medal given to his uncle Carolis de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody, Mudaliyar, by Governor Sir Robert Brownrigg in 1818 for his meritorious Services to the British Government during the Kandyan Rebellion, and a Jubilee gold medal presented to him by Governor Sir West Ridgeway. He resides at "Lovedale", Jampettah Street, Colombo.
http://www.defonseka.com/ref_20thcentury.htm
**SAMARAKKODY - CHANDRA (nee DE SARAM) Beloved wife of the late Lionel Samarakkody, dearly beloved mother of Sasanka, loving sister of Amara, Sarojini and Gamini, expired. Cortege leaves A.F. Raymond's Funeral parlour at 3.30 p.m. on Friday 16th February. Cremation at General Cemetery, Borella at 4.00 p.m. No. 78, Galle Road, Dehiwala. DN Fri Feb 16 2007
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Edmund Samarakkody kept faith to the
last
by Amaradasa Fernando Daily News Jan 4 2002
They were bourgeoise nationalists, which was the political trend in the early nineteenth century. But young Edmund was to carve a different path for himself. While still a student he joined a young group of intellectual radicals who had returned to the island after finishing their studies in the US and UK in the early thirties. These young men were S. A. Wickremasinghe, Philip Gunawardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, T. B. Subasinghe and V. Karalasingham etc. Coincidentally all the above named were Anandians, except Colvin who came from Royal, while Edmund came from St. Thomas'. With the advent of the great Russian October Revolution, Philip Gunawardene in particular had been influenced by Marxist and labour movements. Philip was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He had been earlier introduced to the socialist ideology while the others held socialist/nationalist views. He was introduced to socialism, by Prof. Scott Nearing, an American, when Philip was at Wisconsin, while Harold Laski and Bernard Shaw influenced NM at the London School of Economics when reading for his Ph.D., during the latter part of his stay in Great Britain Philip came to be influenced by the Russian Left Opposition against Stalin led by Leon Trotsky and his Theory of the Permanent Revolution. Crown colony Sri Lanka, Ceylon, was a Crown Colony of British Imperialism. World War II which saw the decline of colonialism, had its impact on India and Ceylon. It was in these heady times that young Edmond was caught up in the nationalist movement. He became a member of the Colombo South Youth league, which was affiliated to the All Ceylon (Youth) Congress. In November 1933 the radical element of the Youth League was associated with the Suriya Mal Movement which was started as a counter to the Poppy organisation on November 11 which collected money for disabled war veterans of Great Britain. Instead now the Suriya Mal Movement collected for the war veterans of Ceylon. In the years of the Malaria epidemic of 1934-35 in Ceylon which took a toll of over 100,000 lives, found the Suriya Mal Movement activists led by Drs. N. M. Perera, S. A. Wickremasinghe and Philip Gunawardene who took a leading role in relief work in the Kelani Valley. Thus the Suriya Mal movement saw the beginnings of the anti-imperialist movement in Ceylon, later to become the LSSP, an umbrella organisation for all nationalists, socialists of different hues. At its founding conference of the LSSP on December 1935 Edmund was elected to its Executive Committee. The more militant socialists in it grew into what was called the "T" group (Trotskyist) led by Philip. They included, NM, Colvin, Leslie Goonewardene, Robert, Vernon Gunasekera, P. H. William Silva and Edmund. There was a split party, one led by the T. Group, who now sided with Leon Trotsky in the International Communist movement, while a group led by Dr. Wicks, M. G. Mendis, P. Kandiah etc sided with Stalin, who were expelled and were to form the United Socialist Party, later the Ceylon CP. Independence The LSSP was the first party that stood for complete independence of Ceylon from the British Empire, while even the "father of the nation" D. S. Senanayake stood for "Dominion Status within the Commonwealth". A. E. Goonesinghe was the first to organise both the indigenous and Indian labour in the early 20s. With the appearance of the Colombo South Youth League and later the LSSP posed a challenge to Goonesinghe's, Ceylon Labour Union. The tea, rubber, DC mills, harbour, the textile workers were mostly led by Goonesinghe who had got a head start. The Wellawatte Spinning and Weaving Mills led by the latter with a labour force of 1,400 strong, 2/3 Malayalam, and 1/3 Sinhalese had led strikes in 1923, 1926 and 1929. In 1933 because of the economic depression, the workers went on strike in defiance of A.E.G. They walked out in protest against a drastic cut in wages, besides they asked for a reduction in working hours from 60 to 54 hours. The young militants of the Colombo SL then supported the Indian workers, while A.E.G used the Sinhala workers from the Weaving Mills and also from the Harbour as black legs. Dr. Colvin R. de Silva, S. A. Wicks, Philip, Leslie and young Edmund who had by now passed out as a lawyer started the Wellawatte Mill Workers Union with Colvin as its president. Workers councils His first brush against British interests was when he supported the workers of the Ms Vavaseurs and the Colombo Commercial Company. This was done against the leadership of the Communist Party which was formed by the Stalinist nucleus within the LSSP, later expelled. The CP which was in control of the rubber, coconut, tea and the engineering firms had given 'no strike' pledge, as they were supporting the British war effort, with the Nazi attack on the USSR, were given a free run supported by their managements. While Edmund was arrested along with Leslie Goonewardene for participation in these firm's strikes. Edmund was involved in the wave of plantation struggles of Mooloya and Wevasse. There was a celebrated case of an Indian plantation worker Govindan, who was shot dead at Mooloya (Jan 18th) where Colvin R. de Silva, Jack Kotalawala and Edmund took up the legal defence of the estate workers. By the end of May the strike enveloped the whole of Uva like a forest fire. It was this direct clash with the British colonial interests, where some estate workers for the first time in working class history of Ceylon up "workers councils". In Badulla a mammoth meeting despite a police ban was held when the British military government decided that it was time to crack down on these agitators. Leaders arrested Within a week of the fall of France to the Hitlerite forces the Governor issued detention orders on five leaders of the LSSP. "The Times of Ceylon" the newspaper of the plantation Raj on 19th June 1940 reported the arrest in head lines, "Red leaders in Welikade jail... three last night another today ...Swift action by the police". N. M. Perera, Philip Gunawardene, and Colvin R. de Silva were taken into custody on June 19. Edmund was arrested in Mount Lavinia on the following day. But Leslie Goonewardene evaded arrest and went underground. In Welikade and following a hunger strike against poor conditions, the four detainees were removed to the British military prison in Bogambara, Kandy, where they planned their future political strategy. The prisoners with the connivance of a prison guard scooted out of jail to attend all night party meetings and returned to jail. They even attended a secret party conference of 42 delegates. It was Edmund and another comrade who remained in the cell to cover up their absence of the leaders. On another occasion a Indian comrade from Benares visited their cell surreptitiously to plan their escape and their future political strategy in India. On the night of April 7, 1942, the four prisoners made a daring jail break, along with the prison guard, Solomon, whom they had won over to their cause. Philip, NM and Colvin crossed over to India in a "vallam" from Vellvettithurai, while Edmund stayed behind in the underground to help build the LSSP. In India they helped with Indian Troskyists to launch the Bolshevik Lennist Party of India, of which the LSSP now became its Ceylon Unit. While BLPI supported the Quit India Movement the Indian CP worked against it. In 1943 the Indian Police swooped, on the fugitives, betrayed by a Stalinist mole Shukla, deporting Philip, MN, Colvin and Robert, while Doric de Souza, Leslie, V. Karalasingham, Bernard Soysa, Hector Abeyawardhana, Vievienne Goonewardena, and Allan Mendis who had also gone over to India, stayed behind to help build the BLPI. In 1944 Edmund was re arrested and charged for conspiring against His Majesty's Government and the jail break and had a six months rigorous imprisonment imposed on him. By the end of the war the LSSP split into two factions - the LSSP led by Philip and NM and the Bolshevik Samasamajaya Party led by Colvin, Leslie, Edmund and Bernard Soysa. In 1950 the parties re-united. They fought the General Election of 1952, and Edmund was elected as member for Dehiovita. In 1960 he represented Bulathsinghala. Sinhala only In 1953 a group split to toe an SLFP line of not anti-capitalism but anti-UNPism. In 1955 it was Edmund who seconded NM's motion in Parliament to make both Tamil and Sinhala as official languages. The UNP, SLFP, and the VLSSP of Philip had switched from Tamil and Sinhala as Swabhasa languages to one of "Sinhala Only". The LSSP, (NM, Colvin Leslie) joined in the formation of a Coalition Government with Ms Sirima Bandaranaike in 1964. This made Edmund, Meryl Fernando, V. Karalasingham and Bala Tampoe, walk out to launch the LSSP (R) as a Trotskyist Party affiliated to the Fourth International, the Party built by Leon Trotsky after he was sent into exile by Stalin. Before long the LSSP (R) also disintegrated. Press take over An important episode in Edmund's life should not be missed. In 1965 he as MP for Dehiovita and Meryl Fernando MP for Moratuwa, being in the LSSP (R) from the Opposition voted with the UNP on the Throne Speech on the specific subject of the take over of the Lake House and Times press. The UNP leading the Opposition found these two MPs, along with C. P. de Silva and thirteen others voting with the Opposition. The 13 crossed over to the UNP. The coalition Government voting with the Opposition. The Government of Sirimavo lost by one vote! Because Edmund was such a purist in politics often left him isolated. He formed a splinter group, ran a Sinhala weekly and worked among trade unions in the last years of his life. There was one thing to be said of Edmund through his life. He was honest and steadfast to the cause of revolutionary socialism. He preferred to stick to orthodoxy than compromise one bit and retain his political identity and remain as a small group. |
January
4th marks the 10th anniversary of Edmund Samarakkody's death. He was one
of the pioneers of the Left Movement. He came from what one would call a
"walauwa" in Panagoda. His elder brother Siripala was a member of the
State Council and so was another brother Stephen. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Samarakkody
Edmund Samarakkody (1912 – 1992) was a leading Trotskyist in Sri Lanka and at one time a member of that country's parliament. He was a leader of the Fourth International's section, the LSSP, and a supporter of the establishment of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International in 1963. After the LSSP was expelled from the International, he co-founded the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) (LSSP(R)), which was the section of the Fourth International. After disagreements with Bala Tampoe, he left the International after its1969 World Congress.
In 1960 he was elected as LSSP Member of Parliament for the Bulathsinhala constituency. However, in 1965, contesting from the LSSP(R), he received only 278 votes in the same electorate - the LSSP's Mangala Moonesinghe was elected MP with 14,023 votes
Daily Mirror Tue Mar 2 2004
State of affairs in the Kandyan Kingdom: A lesson from the past
By D.B. Kappagoda
The independence
of the Kandyan kingdom was lost 188 years ago to the British, who were then
occupying the maritime provinces of Sri Lanka. The transfer of power was made
official by a treaty signed by the Kandyan chieftains and the British Governor
Robert Brownrigg on March 2, 1815.
The agreement
they entered into came to be called the Kandyan Convention and was signed at the
historic Magul Maduwa, where the deposed King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha held his
regular consultations with his chieftains. Those gathered on that historic
occasion expected a positive change in the administration, after deposing their
autocratic ruler, who was sent in exile to Vellore near Madras, Southern India
with his family and close relatives. Thus ended the lineage of Kings of Lanka,
which had spanned over 2357 years.
The common belief
is that the Kandyan chieftains betrayed their King and handed over their
territory to the British sovereign, expecting favours when the whole country
went under to British rule as occurred sometime. When commenting on the
chieftains' role one has to bear in mind the sequence of events that took place
in the Kandyan Kingdom, before the signing of the Kandyan Convention.
The last ruler King Sri Wickrema Rajasinha belonged to the Nayakkar dynasty, hailing from the Malabar region in South India. This dynasty began rule with King Senarat when he arranged a marriage for his son, Wimaladharmasuriya II to a princess also belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty.
The couple failed
to have a child, and according to the Nayakkar tradition of succession, the
people of the Kandyan kingdom had to accept a brother of the queen to a vacant,
throne.
Meanwhile, the
British Governor of the Maritime Provinces, Thomas Maitland, succeeded the first
Governor, Frederick North. He did not pursue a policy of waging war against the
Kandyan Kingdom in his attempt to make it a part of the British domain. In 1805
he wrote to his superiors, "I shall be able to get by underhand means and very
little money, indeed more complete possession of the Kandyan than we could by
war of any kind."
In the Kandyan
Kingdom, three kings who followed the first Nayakkar Monarch married a
princesses from Madurai, as did their predecessors. In turn they brought with
them their parents and relations, who were given residential quarters close to
the palace. This separate area in the city came to be called Kamaruppe Vidiya or
Malabar Veediya. The King's relatives were maintained by the state and were
well-provided with facilities. They were given more special positions, honour
and recognition than the families of chieftains in the country.
Some of the
King's relatives became wealthy through trade dealings in Madras with the
British East India Company. They also lent money to the local chieftains and
increased their income and acquired land. In short, they were richer than the
families of the chieftains.
With the
advantages they had, Nayakkar families continued to live as different people in
language and religion. They followed South Indian customs and practices, and
showed their aloofness by rarely marrying into the leading Kandyan families. The
Kandyan chieftains openly complained that they were ignored by the King, who was
prone to listening to the advice given by his relations. There began a
conspiracy among the chieftains, to install a Sinhala prince on the throne. But
the King's relations were powerful. They could influence the King when decisions
were made and stood against the chieftains to keep the throne within the
Nayakkar lineage. It was seen that they advised the King directly or though
their Queen's relatives to conduct the affairs of state, without consulting or
asking the help of the chieftains.
Nevertheless, the
first attempt made by the chieftains to select a Sinhala ruler was in 1709, when
Yalegoda Adikaram tried to enthrone Pattiye Bandara - son of Vimaladharmasuriya
II by a Sinhala wife -in place of Narendrasingha, the son of the same King by a
Nayakkar wife.
The unsuccessful
rebellion arose in 1732 when King Narendrasingha appointed a person belonging to
the Nayakkar dynasty to the post of Gabada Nilame, who had the responsibility
for the king's lands.
Some chieftains,
led by Leuke Disava, made an effort in 1739 to place Unambuwe Bandara, son of
King Narendrasinha by a Sinhala wife in preference to the King's brother-in-law
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha.
In the fourth attempt of 1749, when the Ministers of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinha threatened to put forward a person who would safeguard Sinhala customs and usages. This was done to prevent the King's father from interfering with the government.
In 1760 an
attempt was again made to depose King Keerthi Sri Rajasingha from the throne and
place a Siamese prince on the throne. This was planned by Samarakkodi Adikaram
and the leading monks Ven. Welivita Saranankara Thera and Ven. Tibbotuwave Thera
of Malwatta Vihara. The sixth and the last attempt was made to depose King
Rajadhi Rajasinha and place Mampitiya Bandara, son of Keerthi Sri Rajasingha, on
the throne.
All attempts to
replace Nayakkar Kings failed because of the disunity among the chieftains,
which arose from personal rivalries. It was clearly evident that they were
unhappy with a foreigner, occupying the throne. It appeared that the majority of
chieftains had supported their Kings. The Nayakkar Kings made use of this lapse
and encouraged personal rivalry as part of their policy of creating divisions
among the Sinhala chieftains.
The state of affairs in the Kandyan kingdom at the time when the British consolidated their positions in the maritime Provinces should be understood when the actions of Pilimatalawa Adikaram and Ehelepola Adikaram against King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha are taken into account.