Arthur Wijewardena

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|name = Sir Arthur Wijewardene

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|office = Acting Governor-General of Ceylon

|term = 1953

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|primeminister = John Kotelawala

|predecessor = Lord Soulbury

|successor = Lord Soulbury

|office2 = 28th Chief Justice of Ceylon

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|appointer2 = Henry Monck-Mason Moore

|term_start2 = January 1949

|term_end2 = 1950

|predecessor2 = John Curtois Howard
Francis Soertsz
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|successor2 = Edward Jayetileke

|order3 = 12th

|office3 = Solicitor General of Ceylon

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|term_start3 = 1936

|term_end3 = 1938

|predecessor3 = J. W. R. Illangakoon

|successor3 = Edward Jayetileke

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|birth_place = British Ceylon

|death_date = 1964

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|parents = D.S.L. Wijewardene and Maria Catherine Perera

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|alma_mater = Cambridge University

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Sir Edwin Arthur Lewis Wijewardena, KC (21 March 1887 – 1964) was the 28th Chief Justice of Ceylon.

Educated at Ananda College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Wijewardena graduated from University of Cambridge and qualified as a barrister. On his return to Ceylon he became an advocate. He took the entrance exam for the Ceylon Civil Service and passed, but was not admitted to failing the medical exam. He served as the solicitor general of Ceylon from 1936 to 1938 and was appointed King's Counsel. Appointed to the Supreme Court, Wijewardena was appointed Chief Justice in 1949 succeeding the acting Francis Soertsz and was Chief Justice until 1950. He was succeeded by Edward Jayetileke.{{cite web|title=Overview |url=http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en |publisher=Judicial Service Commission Secretariat |access-date=19 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019091817/http://www.jsc.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60&lang=en |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}[http://sundaytimes.lk/070311/FunDay/heritage.html First Sri Lankan Chief Justice]{{Who's Who|type=was|id=U48389|title=WIJEYEWARDENE, Hon. Sir (Edwin) Arthur (Lewis)|access-date=7 January 2013}}{{cite news |title=Remembering great sons of Ananda |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/05/06/features/115188/remembering-great-sons-ananda |access-date=21 April 2020 |work=Daily News}} He was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the 1949 Birthday Honours.