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Faculty of Royal College Colombo

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The Principal's Bungalow.

Following are lists of the faculty of Royal College Colombo, the Colombo Academy and the Queens College Colombo as it was formally known. This includes its former Head Masters, principals and academic staff.

In the early twentieth century, appointments of the Principal of Royal College was made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, later with the ratification of the State Council of Ceylon. At present, the appointment is made by the Minister of Education, under the recommendation of the Department of Education. The post is considered to be the most senior Principal in Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service.

Head Masters

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Name Entered Office Departed Office
J. H. Marsh Snr, MA(Edin) 1835 1838
J. Brooke H. Bailey (acting) 1839 1842
A. Kessen 1842 1842

Principals

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Name Entered Office Departed Office
J. F. Haslam, BA(Cantab) 1839 1840
Barcroft Boake, BA(Dublin), DD(Dublin) 1842 1870
George Todd, ISO, BA(Oxon) 1871 1878
J. B. Cull, MA(Oxon) 1878 1890
J. H. Marsh (Jnr), MA(Edin) 1890 1892
J. H. Harward, MA(Oxon) 1892 1902
C. Hartley, MA(Cantab) 1903 1919
Major H. L. Reed, MC, BA(Cantab) 1920 1932
L. H. W. Sampson, BA(Oxon), FRGS 1932 1938
E. L. Bradby, MA(Oxon) 1939 1945
J. C. A. Corea, MA(Lond), DipEd(Cantab) 1946 1953
D. K. G. de Silva, BSc(Lond), DipEd(Cey) 1954 1966
Deshabandu B. A. Premaratne, BA(Lond), MA(NY TTC) 1967 1971
D. G. Welikala, BSc(Lond) 1971 1972
D. J. N. Seneviratne, BSc(Lond), MA(Colombia), F.G.TRD, Cert(History)(Cey) 1972 1972
L. D. H. Peiris, BSc(Lond), DipEd(Cey) 1972 1980
C. T. M. Fernando, BA(Lond), CertEd(Cey), Cert Ed. Adm.(Edin) 1981 1986
B. Suriyaarachchi, BA(Cey), DipEd 1986 1994
S. H. Kumarasinghe, BA(Cey), DipEd 1994 1997
H. L. B. Gomes, BA(Pera), DipEd, Cert Ed. Mgt. 1997 2003
H. A. Upali Gunasekera, BSc(Pera), DipEd 2003 2016
B. A. Abeyratne 2016 2021
M. V. S. Gunathilaka, BA(Pera) 2021 2022
P. A. S. P. Jayalath 2022 2022
R. M. M. Rathnayake 2022 2023
Thilak Waththuhewa, BCom(SJP) 2023

Academic staff

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References

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  1. ^ Wijemanne, Livy (29 September 1979). "Appreciation: Prof. D. C. Gunawardena". Ceylon Daily Mirror.
  2. ^ Moses Tirugnanasingam Thambapillai
  3. ^ E C Gunasekera
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