Ceylonese recipients of British titles

19th Century

1890s

1891

• 1891 - Charles Henry de Soysa, JP, Industrialist and Philanthropist.

  1892

• ;Companion,
• * 1892 - Peter Daniel Anthonisz,, an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.

  1897

• ;Knight Commander,
• * 1897 - Frederick Richard Saunders CMG, Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

  Twentieth century

1900s

1901

• ;Companion,
• * 1901 - Francis Alfred Cooper, Esq., Director of Public Works of the Island of Ceylon
• * 1901 - Charles Edward Ducat Pennycuick, Esq., on retirement as Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon

• 1901 - Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

• 1901 - Archibald Campbell Lawrie, Esq., on retirement as Senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court, Ceylon

  1902

• ;Companion,
• * 1902 - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Craigie FitzHardinge Vincent, Commandant of Volunteers in the Island of Ceylon.

  1903

• ;Companion,
• * 1903 - Herbert Wace, Esq., Government Agent of the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

  1906

• ;Companion,
• * 1906 - Henry Leighton Crawford, Esq., Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

  1908

• ;Companion,
• * 1908 - Philip David Warren, Esq., Surveyor-General of the Island of Ceylon.

  1909

• ;Knight Commander,
• * 1909 - Hugh Charles Clifford, Esq., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

  1910s

1911

• ;Companion,
• * 1911 - John Penry Lewis, Esq., M.A., late Government Agent for the Central Province of the Island of Ceylon.

  1913

• ;Companion,
• * 1913 - John George Fraser, Esq., Acting Government Agent, Western Province, Island of Ceylon.
• * 1913 - Leonard William Booth, Esq., Acting Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

  1914

• ;Companion,
• * 1914 - William Henry Jackson, Esq., lately Controller of Revenue of the Island of Ceylon.
• * 1914 - Reginald Edward Stubbs, Esq., Colonial Secretary of the Island of Ceylon.

  1916

• ;Companion,
• * 1916 - Bernard Senior, Esq., I.S.O., Treasurer of the Island of Ceylon.

  1919

• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• **1919 - Henry Lawson De Mel, Industrialist and Philanthropist.

  1920s

1920

• 1920 - Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, Inspector-General of Police, Ceylon.

  1922

• ;Companion,
• * 1922 - Robert Bailey Hellings, Government Agent, Southern Province, Island of Ceylon.

  1923

• 1923 - Hilarion Marcus Fernando, MD, Member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1923 - Honorary Colonel Edward James Hayward,, formerly Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1923 - Edwin Evans, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.
• ;Member,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1923 - Nevins Selvadurai, Principal of the Jaffna Hindu College, Jaffna, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.
• ** 1923 - Sinnatamby Welayden, Chief Inspector, Vernacular Schools, Ceylon, in recognition of his services to Education.

  1925

• ;Knight Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1925 - James Peiris, JP, Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

  1929

• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1929 - Thomas Edward Dutton, General Manager, Government Railway, Ceylon.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1929 -Louis Edmund Blaze, Founder and principal of Kingswood College, Kandy, in recognition of his services to Education.
• ;Member,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1929 - Pattinihennedige Warnadipthia Kurukulasuriya Selestina Rodrigo Dias, for charitable services in Ceylon.
• ** 1929 - Evelyn Storrs Karney. For child welfare work in the North Central Province of Ceylon.

  1930s

1931

• 1931 - Chevalier Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, public and philanthropic services in Ceylon.

  1932

• 1932 - Thomas Martland Ainscough,, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1932 - Major John William Oldfield,, Nominated Member of the State Council, Island of Ceylon. For public services.

• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1932 - Seemampillai Francis Chellappah, Senior Medical Officer of Health, Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1932 - Cissy Cooray. For social welfare services in Ceylon.
• ** 1932 - Peter De Abrew. For services to education in Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1932 - Lionel Bastiampillai Emmanuel, Office Assistant to the Director of Public Works, Ceylon.

  1935

• 1935 - Thomas Forrest Garvin, Esq., lately Senior Puisne Judge, Ceylon

  1936

• ;Companion,
• * 1936 - Harold James Huxham, Colonial Administrative Service, Financial Secretary, Ceylon.

• ;Commander,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1936 - Lieutenant-Colonel Percy John Parsons,, Officer Commanding Ceylon Garrison Artillery, Ceylon Defence Force.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1936 - Ernest Wilfred Head, lately General Manager of the Government Railway, Ceylon.
• ** 1936 - William Johnson Thornhill,, lately Director of Public Works, Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1936 - Hilda Fowke,. For social services in Ceylon.
• ** 1936 - Gerald Percival Keuneman. For public services in Ceylon.

  1938

• 1938 - Mohamed Macan Markar. For public services in Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1938 - Ralph Marcus Meaburn Worsley,, Colonial Administrative Service, Officer of Class I, Ceylon Civil Service.

• ;Officer,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1938 - Lieutenant-Colonel Waldo Sansoni,, Officer Commanding, Ceylon Light Infantry.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1938 - Isabella Hardie Curr,, in charge of the McLeod Hospital for Women at Inuvil, near Jaffna, Ceylon.
• ** 1938 - Allan Morley Spaar, Relief Works Officer, Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class II Harold Collingwood Bayne, Ceylon Army Service Corps.
• ** 1938 - Warrant Officer, Class I George Noah David, Ceylon Medical Corps.

• 1938 - The Reverend John Stirling Morley Hooper, General Secretary of the Bible Society for India & Ceylon, Central Provinces & Berar.

  1939

• ;Companion,
• * 1939 - Guy Stanley Wodeman, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

• ;Commander,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1939 - Arthur Marcelles de Silva,, Senior Surgeon, General Hospital, Ceylon.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1939 - Ammembal Vittal Pai, Indian Civil Service, Agent of the Government of India in Ceylon.
• ** 1939 - Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachchi Amarasekara. For services to art in Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1939 - Lieutenant Henry Melville Cadman, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, Ceylon Defence Force.
• ** 1939 - Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala. For social services in Ceylon.
• ** 1939 - Ramanathar Sivagnanam. For public services in Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1939 - Charles Vincent Gooneratne, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon.
• * 1939 - Joachim Joseph Jacob, Deputy Auditor General, Ceylon.
• * 1939 - Amnachalam Visvanadhan, Extra Office Assistant, Ceylon Civil Service.

• 1939 - Habaragamuwage Thomas Peiris, Sergeant of Police, Ceylon.

  1940s

1941

• ;Knight Grand Cross,
• * 1941 - Sir Andrew Caldecott,, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Ceylon.
• ;Companion,
• * 1941 - Charles Henry Collins, Colonial Administrative Service, Deputy Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1941 - Cissie Cooray,, for social services in Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1941 - Duraiappa Rajaratnam. For social services in Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1941 - William Theodore Loos, Office Assistant to the Chief Secretary, Ceylon.
• * 1941 - Mudaliyar Sinattampi Vallipuram, Assistant Settlement Officer, Ceylon.

  1942

• ;Companion,
• * 1942 - Robert Harry Drayton, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon.

• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• * 1942 - Lionel McDowall Robison, Colonial Education Service, Director of Education, Ceylon.

• ;Officer,
• *;Military Division
• * 1942 - Lieutenant-Colonel John Victor Collins,, Ceylon Garrison Artillery.
• *;Civil Division
• * 1942 - James Mervyn Fonseka, Legal Draftsman, Ceylon.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• * 1942 - Major Neil Schokman,, Ceylon Engineers.
• *;Civil Division
• * 1942 - Mary Olive Marjorie Carter, Principal, School for Deaf & Blind, Ceylon.
• * 1942 - The Reverend Clarence Ebenezer Victor Nathanielsz, Charity Commissioner, Public Assistance Department, Colombo Municipality, Ceylon.
• * 1942 - Donald Obeyesekere. For public services in Ceylon.

• ;Companion,
• * 1942 - Harold Pietersz William Melder, Office Assistant, Matale Kachcheri, Ceylon.
• * 1942 - James Cyril Wirekoon, Assistant Director of Education, Ceylon.

  1946

• ;Companion,
• * 1946 - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Ceylonese civil servant

  1946

• ;Officer,
• * 1947 - Richard Leslie Brohier, Assistant Surveyor General

  1950s

1950

• ;Member,
• * 1950 - Lady Evelyn Johanna Publina de Soysa for social services

  1951

• 1951 - Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator.
• 1951 - The Honourable Edward George Perera Jayetileke,, Chief Justice of Ceylon.
• 1951 - Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera,, Senator.
• 1951 - Razik Fareed,, Senator.

• ;Companion,
• * 1951 - Oswald Leslie De Kretser II. For public services. Lately Puisne Justice.
• * 1951 - Hethumuni Ayadoris De Silva, District Judge, Colombo.
• * 1951 - Ralph Henry Bassett,, lately Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries.
• * 1951 - Henry William Howes,, Director of Education.

• ;Commander,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1951 - Brigadier the Right Honourable James Roderick, Earl of Caithness,, Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon Army.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1951 - J. N. Arumugam, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Works.
• ** 1951 - Abdon Ignatius Perera,, Postmaster General and Director of Telecommunications.
• ** 1951 - Alice Elizabeth Kotelawala,. For social work and services to rural development.
• ** 1951 - Sidney Arnold Pakeman,, Member of Parliament. Previously Professor of Modern History and Economics, Ceylon University College.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1951 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canagana-Yagam,, Head Shroff, National Bank of India, Ltd., Kandy.
• ** 1951 - Don Sam De Simon,, Medical Superintendent, Leprosy Hospital, Hendala.
• ** 1951 - David Shillingford Paynter. For public and social services.
• ** 1951 - Conrad Boniface Peter Perera, Acting Settlement Officer, Land Settlement Department.
• ** 1951 - Don William Rajapatirana, Commissioner of Income Tax, Estate Duty and Stamps.
• ** 1951 - Sinnatamby Subramaniam,. For medical and social services.
• ** 1951 - Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala,, Secretary to the Prime Minister.
• ** 1951 - Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Bahda Bulankulame,, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
• ** 1951 - Gerald Samuel William de Saram,, lately Judicial Medical Officer, Colombo.
• ** 1951 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Member of Parliament for Buttala.
• ** 1951 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.
• ** 1951 - Oswald Phillip Rust, Managing Director, Darley Butler & Co. Ltd. For services to the Tea Commissioner.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1951 - Major Terence Richard Jansen,, Ceylon Medical Corps.
• ** 1951 - Captain Harold Erastue Pineo Vantwest,, Ceylon Volunteer Force.
• ** 1951 - Captain Edward Charles Young,, 2nd Coast Artillery Regiment, Ceylon Artillery.
• ** 1951 - Regimental Sergeant-Major Rothschild Henry Salvador, 2nd Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1951 - Dinshah Pherojshah Bilimoria. For public services.
• ** 1951 - Somadeva Casinathan, lately Rubber Commissioner and Rubber Controller.
• ** 1951 - Mandawalagama Appuhamelage Gunasekera. For public and social services.
• ** 1951 - Mohamed Ismail, Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives.
• ** 1951 - Thanahandi David Mendis. For services to transport.
• ** 1951 - Ahamado Casim Mohammado,, Proctor and Notary, Colombo.
• ** 1951 - Swaminathar Patanjali. For public services in Jaffna.
• ** 1951 - Aruwala Jotige Simon Perera. For public and charitable services.
• ** 1951 - Victor Garvin Weerawardena Ratnayake, Member of Parliament for Deniyaya.
• ** 1951 - Abdul Rahaman Mohamed Thassim. For public services in Galle.
• ** 1951 - Joseph Nicholas Cecil Tiruchelvam,, City Coroner.
• ** 1951 - Oliver Weerasinghe,, Government Town Planner.
• ** 1951 - John Arthur Amaratunge, Member, Gal Oya Development Board.
• ** 1951 - Modestus Fernando Chandraratna,, Botanist and Senior Agricultural Research Officer, Department of Agriculture.
• ** 1951 - Rajakaruna Wanigasekara Mudiyariselage Ukku Banda Dedigama, Rate Mahatmaya, Beligal Korale, Kegalle District.
• ** 1951 - Dhanusekera Bandara Ellepola, Acting Director, Rural Development.
• ** 1951 - Christogu Juan Fernandopulle. For public and social services in Chilaw District.
• ** 1951 - Dunuwilagedera Haramanis Jayewickreme. For public and social services in Kandy.
• ** 1951 - Roger Collin Kerr, Chairman, Toc H Club, Colombo.
• ** 1951 - Abeyratne Cudah Leonard Ratwatte, Shroff, Mercantile Bank, Kandy.
• ** 1951 - William Floris de Alwis Seneviratne. For public services in the Kalutara District.
• ** 1951 - Samuel Muthuvaloe Tamby Raja. For public and social services in Matale District.
• ** 1951 - Reginald Hugh Wickramasinghe, Controller of Establishments.
• ** 1951 - John Wilson, Proctor of the Supreme Court.
• ** 1951 - John Richard Wilson,, Visiting Physician, Tuberculosis Hospital, Welisara, and Consultant to the Chest Hospital, Ragama.

• ;Companion,
• * 1951 - James Ernest Victor Peiris, lately Headmaster, Royal College.
• * 1951 - Jayakariyawasange Aloysius Leon Perera Wijewardene, Drawing Office Assistant, Public Works Department.

• 1951 - William Thomas Brindley, Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

  1952

• 1952 - V. Coomaraswamy, Deputy High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
• 1952 - Lalitha Abhaya Rajapakse, Minister of Justice.
• 1952 - Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, CMG. For social services in Colombo.

• ;Companion,
• * 1952 - Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.
• * 1952 - William Arthur Edward Karunaratne, Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.

• ;Knight Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1952 - George Claude Stanley Corea, Ambassador for Ceylon in the United States of America.
• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1952 - James Aubrey Martensz, High Commissioner for Ceylon in Australia.
• ** 1952 - Kenneth Morford, Manager, Mount Vernon Estate, Kotagala. For services to the tea industry.
• ** 1952 - Senarath Paranavithana, Archaeological Commissioner.
• ** 1952 - David Frederick Ewen. For public and commercial services.
• ** 1952 - Raja Hewavitarne, OBE, Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce.
• ** 1952 - Edward Wilmot Kannangara, OBE, lately Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Local Government.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1952 - Kurbanhusen Adamaly. For public and commercial services.
• ** 1952 - Oliver Gerard D'Alwis. For social services in Kalutara.
• ** 1952 - Egodage Richard De Silva, Principal, Richmond College, Galle.
• ** 1952 - Warusahennedige Daniel Fernando. For charitable and commercial services.
• ** 1952 - Martin Arthur Wimala Goonesekera, lately Proctor of the Supreme Court.
• ** 1952 - Hugh Theodore Rosslyn Koch. For services to the export trade.
• ** 1952 - Senaipathige Theobald Philip Rodrigo, Senator. For social services in Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Victor Emmanuel Perera Seneviratne, visiting Physician, General Hospital, Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Rajakaruna Ekanayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Ukku Banda Unamboowe. For agricultural services in Kotmale.
• ** 1952 - Lloyd Oscar Abeyaratne, MRCP, LMS, Medical Officer, Hospital for Women and Children, Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, Commissioner of Co-operative Development.
• ** 1952 - Elizabeth Eleanor de Zoysa Gunetilleke Rajapakse Gunasekera, MBE. For social services.
• ** 1952 - Mahapitiyage Velin Peter Peiris, LRCP, FRCS, Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Herman Eric Peries, MBE, Acting Deputy Secretary, Treasury.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1952 - Major Harold Bracher, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1952 - Mannamarakkalage Venentius Edward Peter Cooray, Chairman of the Town Council, Wadduwa.
• ** 1952 - Allan Bertram Demmer, Operating Superintendent, Ceylon Government Railway.
• ** 1952 - Meerakuddy Mohamed Ebrahim. For public service in Pottuvil
• ** 1952 - Wilfred Gunasekera, Proctor, Matara.
• ** 1952 - Don Johannes Kumarage, Principal, Rahula College, Matara.
• ** 1952 - Lionel William Ratuwatte Kuruppu. Chairman, Panadura and Talpiti Baddas Village Committee.
• ** 1952 - Segu Ismail Lebbe Marikar Abdul Caflfoor Marikar-Hadjiar. For social service in Kalutara.
• ** 1952 - Bamunuaracihdhige Don Rampala, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Ceylon Government Railway.
• ** 1952 - Margaret Jane Rhind Reid. For social services.
• ** 1952 - V. Veerasingam, lately Principal, Manipay Hindu College, Manipay.
• ** 1952 - Ramalingam Sivagurunather, Proctor & Notary, Jaffna.
• ** 1952 - Elsie Ethel Winifred Solomons, District Inspector of Schools, Western Province.
• ** 1952 - Robert Oolhagasagaram Buell, President, Association of YMCA. Secretaries of India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
• ** 1952 - Edmund Frederick Lorensz de Silva, Proctor of the Supreme Court. For social services in Kandy.
• ** 1952 - Justin Aelian Fernando, LMS, Medical Practitioner, Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Gladwin Conrad Hermon Kotalawela, Member of the Urban Council, Badulla. For social services in Uva Province.
• ** 1952 - Edley Winston Mathew, Member of the House of Representatives for Balangoda.
• ** 1952 - Juanyidanrallage Don Paulus Perera, Principal, Lorenz College, Colombo.
• ** 1952 - Vairavanathar Ponnambalam, For services to the co-operative movement in Jaffna.
• ** 1952 - David Wanigasekere. For social services in Matara.

• ;Companion,
• * 1952 - Maurice Leonard Classz, Salt Superintendent, Industries Department.

• 1952 - Erroll Alexander Koelmeyer, Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department.

  1953

• ;Companion,
• * 1953 - Ralph Norman Bond, Esq., O.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Posts and Information.

• ;Knight Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1953 - His Excellency Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne, High Commissioner for Ceylon in the United Kingdom.
• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1953 - Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, Esq., O.B.E.. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
• ** 1953 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., M.B.E., Senator.
• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1953 - Simon Reginald Gunewardene, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Medical Superintendent, State Home for the Aged, Koggala.
• ** 1953 - Markandu Kanagasabay, Esq., General Manager, Ceylon Government Railway.
• ** 1953 - Edwin Mendis Karunaratne, Esq., Proctor. For social services in Galle district.
• ** 1953 - Sangarapully Sellamuttu, Esq., Member, Colombo Municipal Council.
• ** 1953 - Sabapathipillai Albert Selvanayagam, Esq., M.B.E., Member, Batticaloa Urban Council.
• ** 1953 - Charles Francis Whitaker, Esq., lately Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
• ** 1953 - Chandradasa Wijesinghe, Esq., Planter. For social services in the Southern Province.
• ** 1953 - Basil Henry William, Esq., Managing Director, High Level Road Bus Company Limited.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1953 - Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Maitand Martinus; Royal Ceylon Navy.
• ** 1953 - Major Roy Douglas Jayetileke, Ceylon Army.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1953 - Ella Marjorie, Mrs. Atkinson. For services to the encouragement of dancing.
• ** 1953 - A. Arulpiragasam, Esq., Registrar-General.
• ** 1953 - Lucien Noel Bartholomeusz, Esq., F.R.C.S., Visiting Surgeon, General Hospital, Colombo.
• ** 1953 - Al'Haj Mohamed Purvis Drahaman, Esq., Medical Practitioner. For services to the Malay Community.
• ** 1953 - Peter Frederick Alwis 'Goonetileka, Esq., Proctor. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
• ** 1953 - Sago Sudhira Jayawickrama, Esq. For services to cricket.
• ** 1953 - Don Wilfred Richard Kahawita, Esq., Designs Engineer in Charge, Designs and Research Sections, Irrigation Department.
• ** 1953 - Wimala Irene, Mrs. Kannangara, District Representative, Kegalla District, Lanka Malhila Samiti Movement.
• ** 1953 - George Keyt, Esq., Artist.
• ** 1953 - Vitarana Simon Nanayakkara, Esq., Assistant Municipal Treasurer, Colombo, Municipal Council.
• ** 1953 - Edward Ashley Peries, Esq., Crown Proctor, Kegalla.
• ** 1953 - Wasala Bandaranayake Herat Mudiyanse Ralahamillage Tikiri Banda Poholiyadde, Esq., Member of Parliament for Horowupotana.
• ** 1953 - A. B. Rajendra, Esq., Senator.
• ** 1953 - M. Srikantha, Esq., Director, Land Development Department.

  1954

• 1954 - The Right Honourable Herwald, Baron Soulbury, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, Governor-General of Ceylon.

• 1954 - Warusahennedige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa, Esq., CBE, Senator. For social services.

• ;Companion,
• * 1954 - Gunasena de Soyza, OBE, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.

• ;Knight Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1954 - The Honourable Kalutaravedage Deepal Susantha de Fonseka, Statesmen and Ambassador.
• ** 1954 - The Honourable Pattiya Pathirannahalage Albert Frederick Peries, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1954 - Alexander Nicholas D'Albrew Abeyesinghe, MBE, Member of Parliament for Negombo. For services to the Co-operative Movement.
• ** 1954 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando. For social services.
• ** 1954 - Paul Alfred John Hernu, OBE, Chairman, Colombo Port Commission.
• ** 1954 - H. de Z. Siriwardana, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
• ;Officer,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1954 - Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, ED, Ceylon Army Medical Corps.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1954 - A. Arulpiragasam, MBE, Government Agent, North Western Province.
• ** 1954 - Homi Framjee Billimoria, MBE, Chief Architect, Public Works Department.
• ** 1954 - Jayasuriya Aratchige Edward Mathew de Saram, MBE. For social services.
• ** 1954 - Santiago Wilson de Silva, MBE, Deputy Inspector General of Police.
• ** 1954 - James Lamb, Director, Tea Research Institute of Ceylon.
• ** 1954 - Pararajasingham Nadesan, Director of Civil Aviation and Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister.
• ** 1954 - Hanwedige Henry Oliver Waitson Peiris. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1954 - John Marcus Senaveratna, MBE. For services to the study of the history of Ceylon.
• ** 1954 - G. P. Tambayah, Government Agent, Western Province.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1954 - Major Bertram Lucien Seneviratne, Ceylon Light Infantry.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1954 - Cyril Herbert Sooriaarachchi Amarasekera, Flying Instructor, Civil Aviation Department.
• ** 1954 - Don Edmund Amarasekera, Chairman, Village Committee, Udugaha Pattu, Kalutara District.
• ** 1954 - Leon Louis Attygalle, Municipal Treasurer, Colombo Municipality.
• ** 1954 - Mohamed Falil Abdul Caffoor. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1954 - Gerald Henry Cooray, MD, MRCS, Professor of Pathology, University of Ceylon.
• ** 1954 - Neville Joseph Louis Jansz, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence and External Affairs.
• ** 1954 - Don Edward Victor Wanniarachchige Jayamanne, Actor and Producer.
• ** 1954 - Don Timothy John Jayesinghe. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1954 - Walatara Acharige David Silva Karunaratne. For charitable services.
• ** 1954 - Nobel Irene Kiriella. For social services.
• ** 1954 - G. H. P. Leembruggen, Assistant Superintendent of Police.
• ** 1954 - Salebhoy Husainbhoy Moosajee. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1954 - Anton Wickremasinghe. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1954 - Sarah Laurencina Wijesinghe. For charitable services.

• ;Civil Division
• * 1954 - Jayalath Yakkalamullage Ebert de Silva, Electrical Foreman, Department of Government Electrical Undertakings.
• * 1954 - Fitzroy Valentine Pinto Jayawardena, Acting Chief Welfare Officer, Ministry of Transport and Works.
• * 1954 - Murugupillai Navaratnasamy, Agricultural Instructor, Department of Agriculture.

  1955

• 1955 - The Honourable Warusahennedige Leo Fernando, CBE. Member of Parliament for Buttala.
• 1955 - The Honourable Cyril De Zoysa, President of the Senate.
• 1955 - Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando, CBE. For public services.
• 1955 - S. Pararajasingam. For services to Agriculture.

• ;Knight Commander,
• * 1955 - Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva, Member, Public Service Commission.
• * 1955 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, KBE, QC. For political and public services.
• * 1955 - The Honourable Sir Alan Edward Percival Rose, QC, Chief Justice.
• ;Companion,
• * 1955 Nandasara Wijetilaka Atukorala,, Secretary to the Governor-General.
• * 1955 Cyril Francis Fernando,, Medical Officer and Physician, General Hospital, Colombo.
• * 1955 Pararajasingam Nadesan,, Secretary to the Prime Minister.
• * 1955 Benjamin Franklin Perera,, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
• * 1955 - Edmund Joseph Cooray, OBE, Chairman, Co-operative Wholesale Establishment.

• ;Commander,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1955 - Mihidukulasuriya Guruge Joseph Michael De Livera. For social services in Negombo.
• ** 1955 - Dhanusekera Bandara Ellepola,. For public services.
• ** 1955 - Thusew Samuel Fernando,, Solicitor-General.
• ** 1955 - Suriyakumara Nichinga Senathiraja Ambalavaner Naganather Thandigai Canaganayagam, OBE. For public services.
• ** 1955 - Victor Manuel De Mel. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - Adeline, Lady Molamure, OBE, Deputy President of the Senate.
• ;Officer,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1955 - Commander Adalbert Vance Frugtniet, VRD, Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force.
• ** 1955 - Lieutenant Colonel Rasanayagam Sabanayagam, MBE, ED, Ceylon Cadet Corps.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1955 - Manikuwadumestrige Chandrasoma, Principal Collector of Customs, Colombo Port Commission.
• ** 1955 - Weliwaittage Liveris Perera Dassanayake,, Superintendent, Filariasis Campaign.
• ** 1955 - George Rajanayagam Handy,, Visiting Physician, General Hospital, Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Thomas David Jayasuriya,, Director of Education.
• ** 1955 - Kandiah Mahendra. For public services.
• ** 1955 - Cecil Alexander Speldewinde, Commissioner of Income Tax, Estate Duty and Stamps.
• ** 1955 - Joseph Nicholas Cecil Tiruchelvam,, City Coroner, Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Joseph Salvadore Victoria,. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - The Reverend James Cartman, Education Officer, Office of the Ceylon High Commissioner in London.
• ** 1955 - Hewananarachchige Ivan Tiddy Dasanaike, Member of Parliament for Wariyapola. For political services.
• ** 1955 - Theodore Alexander Dunuwille, Crown Advocate, Kandy.
• ** 1955 - Douglas St. Clive Budd Janszé, Acting Solicitor-General.
• ** 1955 - Nanayakkara Atulugamage Stephen de Silva Jayasinghe, Member of Parliament for Wellawatte-Galkissa. For political services.
• ** 1955 - Ramachandran Alaghoopillai Nadesan. For public services.
• ** 1955 - Kanahala Bandaralage Lawrence Perera. For services to Transport.
• ** 1955 - M. Srikantha, MBE, Government Agent, Northern Province.
• ** 1955 - Abdul Rahuman Mphamed Thassim, MBE. For public services in Galle.
• ;Member,
• *;Military Division
• ** 1955 - Captain Alexander Joseph Zosimus Navaratne, Ceylon Army Medical Corps.
• ** 1955 - Captain Weerasena Rajapakse, Ceylon Light Infantry.
• ** 1955 - Captain Ceada Felix Fernando, Ceylon Artillery.
• ** 1955 - Captain Weerawarnasuriya Patabendige Jinadasa Silva, Ceylon Army.
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1955 - Thomas Frederick Blaze,, Crown Proctor, Badulla.
• ** 1955 - Leslie Vernon Cooray, Secretary, Ceylon Savings Bank.
• ** 1955 - Dalrymple Nandalochana Wickremaratne De Silva, Member, Colombo Municipal Council.
• ** 1955 - Eardley Charles D'Silva, Secretary to the Leader of the House of Representatives, and Chief Government Whip.
• ** 1955 - James Vethanayagam Feldano. For social services in Mannar.
• ** 1955 - Somawira Gunasekera. For services to Sport.
• ** 1955 - Lucien Arnold Gunesekera, Medical Practitioner, Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Seiyadu Ibrahim Saibo Hameed. For public services in the North-West Province.
• ** 1955 - Al-Haj Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Haniffa. For services to the Muslim community.
• ** 1955 - Jiwatfam Towrmal Hirdaramani. For public services in Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Mudhalithamby Mappanar Kulasekaram, Vice-Principal, Royal College, Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Francis John Aloysius Ponrajah. For public services in Mannar.
• ** 1955 - Avis Enid Raffel. For social services.
• ** 1955 - Vithana Aratchige Sugathadasa, Member, Colombo Municipal Council.
• ** 1955 - Arthur Van Langenberg, Secretary, Colombo Port Commission.
• ** 1955 - Ethel De Kretser, Matron, Central Hospital.
• ** 1955 - Walter Harris De Kretser. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - Talpe Gamage Bernard De Silva, Government Printer.
• ** 1955 - Debramandadige Jason Fernando, Managing Director, Jason Fernando & Sons Ltd.
• ** 1955 - Oliver Phoenix Charles Baden-Powell Forbes, Deputy Controller of Establishments, General Treasury.
• ** 1955 - Jack McLennan Godefroy, Assistant Manager, Firestone Ltd, Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Maganlal Kuberdas Kapadia. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - Joachim Rosario Machado. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - Carthigasu Nadesan, Chief Shroff, Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Sundaram Pathmanathan, Shroff, Imperial Bank of India Ltd., Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Titus Walter Perera. For political services.
• ** 1955 - Muthiahpillai Rajendram. For services to Commerce.
• ** 1955 - Donald Jasen Ranaweera. For public services.
• ** 1955 - David Robert Waller, Manager, Building & Construction Department, Walker Sons & Company Ltd., Colombo.
• ** 1955 - Don Fredrick Wijenarayana. For public services in Galle.

• ;Companion,
• * 1955 - Edgar Alexander Van der Straaten, Shipping Master, Customs Department.

• ;Civil Division
• * 1955 - Henry Edward William De Zylva, Clerk, Governor-General's Office.
• * 1955 - Cornelius Walter Staniforth Gunawardana, Chief Clerk, Public Service Commission.
• * 1955 - Francis Samarasinghe, Chief Clerk, Prime Minister's Office.
• * 1955 - Francis Philip Rodrdgp Sathianathen, Stenographer, Prime Minister's Office.
• * 1955 - Malcolm Hugh Jayasekera, Sub-Inspector, Ceylon Police Force.
• * 1955 - Daniel Sepala Seneviratne Jayatilake, Officer-in-Charge, Police Central Garage.
• * 1955 - Vidane Aratchilage Peter Linus Jayawardena, Stenographer, Higher Grade, Department of the Prime Minister.
• * 1955 - Edmund Henry Vernon Joseph, Chief Clerk, Cabinet Office.

  1956

• ;Officer,
• *;Civil Division
• ** 1956 - Lady Evelyn Johanna Publina de Soysa for social services
• ** 1956 - Dudley Atherton Wilson, until recently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Fraser Memorial Nursing Home, Colombo, Ceylon.