Barnes Ratwatte II
Justice Barnes S.C. Ratwatte II was a Sri Lankan lawyer and judge. He was a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Public Trustee.[1]
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 minster in the world.
Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and the Ceylon Law College. He became an Advocate and was as a Magistrate in 1960. In 1974, he was appointed President of the Appeal Court. Later appointed to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in retired in 1983.