Harry Sandrasagra | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLC KC |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1875 |
Alma Mater: | St. Patrick's College, Jaffna |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Henry Alexander Patrick Sandrasagra (12 June 1875 - 29 September 1940) was a Ceylonese lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Sandrasagra was born on 12 June 1875.[1] He was the son of J. N. Sandrasagra, Superintendent of Minor Roads, Jaffna.[1] Sandrasagra was educated at St. Patrick's College, Jaffna.[1] [2]
Sandrasagra married Josephine, daughter of Simon Cherubim.[1] They had a son (Wilfred) and two daughters.[1] He also had a son Ariaratnam from his first marriage.
Sandrasagra joined the legal profession in 1898, working at the Jaffna Bar.[1] [2] He later moved to the Colombo Bar and was appointed King's Counsel in 1924.[1] [2]
Sandrasagra was president of the National Association and the Ceylon National Congress.[2]
Sandrasagra was appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1929.[1] He died on 29 September 1940.[2]