T. F. Jayawardena

T.F. Jayawardena
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Colombo South
In office
30 May 1952  1956
Preceded by R. A. de Mel
Succeeded by Bernard Soysa
Personal details
Born (1911-03-25)25 March 1911
Military service
Service/branch Ceylon Defence Force
Rank Major
Unit Ceylon Light Infantry
Battles/wars World War II

Major Theodore Frederick "Freddy" Jayewardene was a Ceylonese politician.[1] A former member of the parliament from Colombo south and was a parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Labour.[2] A rural sociologist, he served in the Ceylon Light Infantry, a reservist regiment of the Ceylon Defence Force reaching the rank of Major.

He was the son of Colonel T. G. Jayewardene and Lena Attygalle. His cousin J R Jayewardene became the President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene married Philis Gunesekera, their daughter Thileka Jayewardene married Cecil Waidyaratne who became a General and Commander of the Sri Lankan Army.

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