J. R. Weinman

James Richard Weinman
Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
Personal details
Bornc. 1854
Peradeniya, Ceylon
Died19 October 1934(1934-10-19) (aged 79–80)
NationalityCeylonese (Sri Lankan)
SpouseAlice Maude Johnson (m.1883)
RelationsJohn Weinman (father)
Julia née de Wolf (mother)
ChildrenJames Coleo, John Johnson, Leonard Owen
Alma materColombo Academy

James Richard Weinman (c. 1854 – 19 October 1934) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, judge and legislator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and had served as District Judge of Colombo.[1]

Weinman was born in about 1854 in Peradeniya, the eldest son of John George Weinman and Julia Elizabeth née de Wolf.[2] He was educated at the Colombo Academy and read law under Charles Ferdinands (the first Solicitor General of Ceylon) and James de Alwis. He served as an Advocate,[3] before taking positions as Commissioner of Court of Requests, Police Magistrate, additional District Judge and then District Judge of Colombo.[4][5]

Bibliography

  • Weinman, James Richard (1947). Our Legislature: Interesting and Racy Reminiscences of Persons and Incidents connected with the old Legislative Council. Colombo, Ceylon: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon.

References

  1. ^ Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union
  2. ^ Blaze, B. R. (1983). "Journal of the Dutch Burger Union of Ceylon". Genealogy of the Family Weinman. 61. Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon: 134.
  3. ^ The Times of Ceylon Green Book. Times of Ceylon Company. 1921. p. 104.
  4. ^ Wright, Arnold, ed. (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Asian Educational Service. p. 561. ISBN 9788120613355.
  5. ^ Ranjit, A.; Amerasinghe, B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: The First 185 Years. Sarvodaya Book Publishing Services. p. 330. ISBN 9789555990004.


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