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Charles de Silva

Charles de Silva  & his father Don Davit



 1. A. W. P. Don Davit de Silva & .............? , sister of K. C. Juanis de Silva , also of Gintota.

2. Charles de Silva remained a bachelor

Charles de Silva was  perhaps the most intelligent child of Don Davit. He was sent to England to pursue medical studies & was registered as a medical student there. However, he suffered a nervous breakdown whilst in England & returned to Ceylon, without completing his medical studies.
On his return to Ceylon he lived at the ancestral house in Gintota till the mid 1940s. When the house was sold after the death of the second Mrs. Don Davit , he was accommodated in an Elders' Home for sometime & later at his sister, Muriel Salgado's home. He passed away in the early 1960s.
He was extremely fluent in English & very knowledgeable about world affairs of his time. He lived almost a normal life, able to travel about on his own & converse as a normal person.

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