Colombo Club, Sri Lanka’s oldest private member club re-threads 150 years of journey mileposts The Heritage Building, original premises of the Colombo Club Source:FT There are a few institutions that can claim to have had Governors of our Country such as Rt. Hon. Sir William Henry Gregory, Sir James Robert Longden and Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon as original members. The Colombo Club, in its 150 year journey, has been attracting prominent persons of the day, such as J. A Bell, President of Planters’ Association, T. Berwick, District Judge of Colombo, Sir Richard Cayley, Municipal Councillor, later Chief Justice of Ceylon, from its British roots, later attracting corporate luminaries such as Mallory Wijesinghe, who had the distinction of being the club’s first Sri Lankan chair. He was followed by others who have helmed many of the nation’s leading business houses and professional firms. The roll call of Chairmen of the ...
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MEMORIES R MADE OF THIS – PHOTO OF THE PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE OLD JOES SPORTS CLUB Standing L to R – Lalith Gamlath, Lakshman Silva, The late Chrisso Fernando, Manik Pereira Seated L to R – The late Derrick de Zoysa, Felix Perumal, Harry de Sayrah, The late ?? and Jermyn Fernando ...
OLD JOSEPHIANS SPORTS CLUB – COLOMBO PAST PRESIDENTS & HONY. LIFE MEMBERS Ben F Seneviratne ** Prema C S Fernando ** 1964 to 1967 F X A Pereira ** 1968 to 1972 Hector S A Perera ** 1973 to 1977 Malcolm de Costa ** 1977 to 1978 H V Perera ** 1979 to 1980 Mervyn Gunasekera ** 1981 to 1982 Arthur Raymond ** 1982 to 1984 Harold L de Sayrah 1984 to 1986 Felix Perumal 1986 to 1988 J Lawrence Fernando ** 1988 to 1990 Derrick L E de Zoysa ** 1991 to 1992 Hillary M Marceline ** 1993 to 1995 Phillip Kulatunga ** 1995 to 1996 Jermyn Fernando 1996 to 1998 Felix Perumal 1998 to 2001 Chris F Fernando ** 2001to 2003 Manik Pereira 2003 to 2005 Lakshman Silva 2005 to 2007 Lalith Gamlath 2007 to 2008 Yohan de Silva 2008 to 2009 Nandi Anthony 2009 ...
