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Ernest de Silva

@ernestsilva

Ceylonese businessman and lawyer

Building Bank of Ceylon as Founder

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Key facts

Lived
1887–1957
Educated at
Clare College · Royal College, Colombo

About

Ernest de Silva (1887–1957) was a barrister. They were born in Colombo. They studied at Clare College.

In context

Bank of Ceylon was founded in 1939 and has no closure on record. Among the 51 other economics of banking companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 63 years.

Contribution

Ernest's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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