Fredrick Richard Senanayake, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Fredrick Richard Senanayake

Sri Lankan politician

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1882

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1926

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Fredrick Richard Senanayake (known to as F.
R.
Senanayake ) (October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926) was a Ceylonesen lawyer and independence activist.
A leading member of the Sri Lankan independence movement, he was an elected member of the Colombo Municipal Council.
He was the principle supporter of the early political career of his younger brother D.
S.
Senanayake, would go on to lead Sri Lanka's independence movement, becoming the first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka in 1947.