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J. R. Weinman

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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]

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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]

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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.

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