Hector Vernon Ivan Seneviratne Corea was a priest of the Church of Ceylon.
Ivan Corea
The Ivan Corea attended the Royal College, Colombo.
St. Luke's Church, Borella, Colombo, Sri Lanka, a typical Protestant, Anglican Church belonging to the Church of Ceylon – designed entirely by Corea
The plaque near the altar at St. Luke's Church remembering the work of Ivan Corea, the longest-serving vicar of the church and his wife Ouida Corea.
James Alfred Ernest Corea
James Alfred Ernest Corea was a Sri Lankan public official. He was born in 1870. His father was Charles Edward Bandaranaike Corea who was a Proctor of the Supreme Court. His mother was Henrietta Seneviratne. J.A.E Corea's father died in 1872 when his youngest son Victor was just one. His wife Henrietta was a widow from the age of 21.
The young James Alfred Ernest Corea was educated at the prestigious Royal College, Colombo.
James Alfred Ernest Corea was a highly respected physician who worked in Chilaw, in Sri Lanka. Corea was a man of compassion - the Sunday Times of Sri Lanka wrote that he never charged fees from the poor for his medical services.
Members of Dr.James Alfred Ernest Corea's family stayed in Corea Court in Madampe, Sri Lanka - the estates were given to the Seneviratne Family by the King of Sri Lanka in 1758.
Dr.James Alfred Ernest Corea met Mahatma Gandhi in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya,' when he visited Chilaw in 1927 and stayed with the family.
