Samuel Kadirgamar I
Samuel Jebaratnam Christian Kadirgamar I, JP, UM (known as Samuel J.C.Kadirgamar Snr) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) proctor.[1][2]
Born in Jaffna, his was Karthigeyan Kadirgamar, was a interpreter Maudaliyar and became the first Ceylonese Registrar General of the Supreme Court. The family was a Tamil Vellala family which had converted to Protestantism. His brother was Rev. J. W. A. Kadirgamar.[1]
Samuel Kadirgamar came to Colombo and was educated at St. Thomas' College, Mutwal. He became a proctor and formed the law firm Kadirgamar and Wilson. He went on to become the President of the Colombo Proctor's Association and the founder President of the Law Society of Ceylon. He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and an Unofficial magistrate.[1]
Kadirgamar married Edith Rosemand Parimalam Mather, the daughter of Edward Mather of Manipay. The couple had five children. Their sons were S.J.C.Kadirgamar Jr., QC who became an eminent lawyer in commercial law; Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar, former head of the Royal Ceylon Navy; Major Selvanathan "Bai" Kadirgamar of the Ceylon Artillery, Thirumalan "Mana" Kadirgamar a planter who died in a motor accident very young and the youngest was Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Their only daughter [1]