Maduwanwela Maha Disawe

Wickramasinghe Wijesundara Ekanayake Abeykoon Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Sir James Williams Maduwanwela (known as Maduwanwela Maha Disawe ) (1844 - 1930) was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was appointed to the post of Dissawa by the British Government of Ceylon.[1][2]

He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mutwal. He entered public service as a Clerk and was promoted as Korale Mahaththaya there after Rate Mahatmaya and finally appointed as Dissava.

Maduwanwela Disawe expanded his family seat Maduwanwela Walawwa and started the Elephant Kraals in Panamure. These were inherited by his nephew Sir Francis Molamure on his death on 6 September 1930. He married Ekneligoda Kumarihami and they had one daughter.

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  1. ↑ Maduwanwela Walauwa, the first walauwa to be conserved
  2. ↑ A Prince’s Paradise
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