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Peduru Hewage ''William'' de Silva (8 December 1908 – 30 July 1988) was a 20th-century Ceylonese politician with Marxist/Trotskyist leanings.〔(Glossary of People: de Silva, P.H. William (1908–1988) ), (Marxists Internet Archive ).〕 P. H. William de Silva was born at Kahatapitiya in Batapola, Ambalangoda, Ceylon, to a wealthy land-owning family.〔W. T. A. Leslie Fernando, (William de Silva revolutionised Industry and fisheries ), Features, ''(The Island Online )'', Sri Lanka, 2009.〕 He received his elementary education at Batapola Mixed School and secondary education at St John's College, Panadura, Richmond College, Galle, and Ananda College, Colombo. He studied for one year at the University College Colombo (now the University of Colombo) and then traveled to England for further studies at University College, Oxford.〔 While in England, William de Silva joined the India League and a Marxist study group with other Ceylonese students in London. He then returned to Ceylon and joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP).〔(Comrade, William: Silent William ), Unforgettable Personalities, ''(Daily News )'', Sri Lanka.〕 During World War II, he was an anti-war movement leader and was imprisoned in Bogambara Prison and Badulla Prison in Sri Lanka (1943–45). He became a Ceylonese Member of Parliament in 1947 and 1953. He was leader of the All-Ceylon Estate Workers Union and Vice President of the All-Ceylon Congress of Samasamaja Youth Leagues. He separated from the LSSP in October 1953 and joined the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party (VLLSP). He was the founding leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP). He was Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries in S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's SLFP-MEP coalition government (1956–59).〔W.T.A. Leslie Fernando, (Achievements of 1956–59 MEP regime and conflicts within ), ''(Sunday Observer )'', Sri Lanka.〕〔K. T. Rajasingham, (Sri Lanka: The Untold Story — Assassination of Bandaranaike ), ''Asia Times''. (WWW Virtual Library — Sri Lanka ).〕 He became a Member of Parliament in 1960 and was Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). In 1970, he became the Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada. De Silva died aged 80.〔 == See also ==
* List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats * List of Sri Lankan independence activists * List of University of Oxford people in public life overseas * List of alumni of University College, Oxford
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