S. N. W. Hulugalle

Semasinghe Navaratne Wanninaake Hulugalle (known as S. N. W. Hulugalle Adigar unitll 1915) was a Ceylonese colonial-era legislator and a headmen. He was representative of the Kandyans in the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was appointed to a Adigar from which he was removed after the Riots of 1915.[1]

Born as C. Jayatilleke, he later changed his name to S. N. W. Hulugalle and was educated in at Christian College, Kotte. His uncle was John Graham Jayatilleke, first Kandyan Proctor and Notary Public.[1]

Joining the public service as a clerk in 1868, he was appointed Ratemahatmaya in 1875 and was selected to represent the Kandyan Sinhalese in the Legislative Council in 1900 and stepping down in 1907 to be succeeded by T. B. L. Moonemalle. While holding the office of Ratemahatmaya he was given the titular rank of Dissawe in 1903 and Adigar in 1907. He retired from public servic in 1913. However following the 1915 riots, he was stripped of the title of Adigar in 1915 by the British Government of Ceylon. His son-in-law P. B. Herat was the first Kandian member of the Ceylon Civil Service.[1]

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