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Forester Augustus Obeyesekere (7 August 1880 – 26 December 1961) was a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was the Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Born to Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere a member of the Legislative Council, F A Obeysekera was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team at the Royal-Thomian and played for the Singhalese Sports Club. He later studied at Cambridge University.

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rdfs:comment	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere (7 August 1880 – 26 December 1961) was a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was the Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Born to Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere a member of the Legislative Council, F A Obeysekera was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team at the Royal-Thomian and played for the Singhalese Sports Club. He later studied at Cambridge University. (en)
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name	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cambridge University Royal College, Colombo 1924 Ceylonese Legislative Council election 1931 Ceylonese State Council election List of political families in Sri Lanka Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere Singhalese Sports Club Speaker (politics) 1880 births 1961 deaths Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon Sinhalese politicians British Ceylon Waithilingam Duraiswamy Bandaranaike family Legislative Council of Ceylon Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon The Honourable Ceylon Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Speakers of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Royal-Thomian Alfred Francis Molamure Member of State Council Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Ezlynn Deraniyagala State Council of Ceylon Unofficial member List of Speakers of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Clerk of Parliament Deputy speaker
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predecessor	Alfred Francis Molamure
residence	Balcombe House, Cotta road (en)
successor	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
term end	1935-12-07 (xsd:date)
term start	1934-12-11 (xsd:date)
has abstract	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere (7 August 1880 – 26 December 1961) was a prominent colonial era legislator from Ceylon. He was the Speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Born to Sir Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere a member of the Legislative Council, F A Obeysekera was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team at the Royal-Thomian and played for the Singhalese Sports Club. He later studied at Cambridge University. He was elected an unofficial member from the Southern Province Central (Matara) to the Legislative Council in the 1924 Legislative Council election and retained his seat till the Legislative Council was dissolved and replaced by the State Council in the 1931 State Council election, when he was elected as deputy speaker. In 1934, he became Speaker when Sir Francis Molamure stepped down for personal reasons. He married Amy Isabel Sykes and they had two children, Boykin and Ezlynne. Ezlynne married Ralph Deraniyagala, MBE who became the Clerk of Parliament. (en)
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alma mater	Royal College, Colombo
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