Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (born 1887)

Ernest de Silva

Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure

Sir Albert Ernest de Silva was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. A wealthy and influential polymath, he was the founder-chairman of the largest bank in Ceylon, the…