Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Oliver_Ernest_Goonetilleke
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-10-20
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ernest_Goonetilleke
Ernestine Goonetilleke
gptkbp:deathDate 1978-12-17
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_College,_Colombo
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:notableFor first Ceylonese Governor-General of Ceylon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:civil_servant
politician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Trincomalee,_Ceylon
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Colombo,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor-General_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Herwald_Ramsbotham
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Esther_Goonetilleke
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_Gopallawa
gptkbp:termEnd 1962
gptkbp:termStart 1954
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Oliver_Goonetilleke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7