Barnes Shelton Carlye Ratwatte II (1918 or 1919–2004) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and judge. He was a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and Public Trustee.

Ratwatte was born to a prominent Radala family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa, Dissawa of Matale, a signatory on behalf of the Sinhalese to the Kandyan Convention of 1815. Born to Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa and Rosalind Mahawelatenne Kumarihamy of Mahawelatenne Walauwa, Balangoda, his eldest sister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike the first female prime minister in the world.

Barnes Ratwatte II

Educated at Trinity College, Kandy, and the Ceylon Law College. He became an Advocate and was appointed as a Magistrate in 1960. In 1974, he was appointed President of the Appeal Court. Later appointed to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka he retired in 1983.

Barnes Ratwatte II

See also

List of political families in Sri Lanka

External links & References

The Ratwatte Ancestry

2004 deaths

Sri Lankan lawyers

Sri Lankan Buddhists

Alumni of Trinity College, Kandy

Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon

1910s births

Magistrates of Sri Lanka

Sinhalese people

Sri Lankan judges

Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

Barnes II

Barnes Ratwatte II