Noel Gratiaen
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Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen, was a Ceylonese lawyer and judge. He was a former Attorney General of Ceylon and puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.
Noel Gratiaen
Governor-General of Ceylon
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The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.
Noel Gratiaen
…during the war. In November 1947, Gratiaen was appointed a member of the Ceylon House of Representatives. He was one of six members appointed by the Governor-General, to represent important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House. He resigned in early 1948 having been appointed…
Governor-General William Gopallawa meeting Vice Chairman Soong Ching Ling of Taiwan, 1964