D. B. R. de Silva Family of Magalle, Galle

Comments on any omissions , corrections, improvements etc. are welcome.   D. B. R. de Silva, one of the pioneer Ceylonese Entrepreneurs in Zanzibar Jewellers to H. E. the Governor & Commander in Chief of Tanganyika Territory &  to H. H. the Sultan of Zanzibar Background " The sea lanes of the British Empire took men (rather than women) far and wide. Ceylonese traders , many of them from Galle and its hinterland, traded in Mombasa, Zanzibar and even as far inland as Blantyre in the Rhodesias during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Others went as workers to Thursday Island and northern Australia. Yet others traded at Singapore or joined the colonial service in Malaysia. A few intrepid souls ended up in Brazil and the Caribbean." (Prof. Michael Roberts in article titled Four Bajans in British Ceylon on https://thuppahis.com).   Among the Asians, Hettihewage Marthenis (H. H. M.) de Silva from Magalle, Galle  appears to have established a company to ma...