Henry Pedris
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Duenuge Edward Henry Pedris （Sinhala: හෙන්රි පේද්රිස්; 16 August 1888 – 7 July 1915） was a Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite.
Pedris was executed for treason by the British Army under martial law during the 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots.
Convicted in a three day Field General Court Martial under the terms of the Army Act, by passing the local legal system, his execution was viewed as unjust by the local population and a warning to local leaders.
It hastened the movement toward independence, providing motivation and a martyr for those who pioneered the movement.
Father, D. D. Pedris and mother, Mallino Pedris Henry Pedris was born in Galle in the southern part of Ceylon, as the youngest of five children and the only son of Duenuge Disan Pedris and Mallino Fernando Pedris,
daughter of Peace Officer Margris Fernando of Karandeniya.
Both his father and uncle N. S. Fernando Wijesekara were leading businessmen of the time, and his family was among the wealthiest with ownership of graphite mines, plantations, real-estate and trading interests.
Pedris first attended Royal College situated in the Pettah.
From there he joined St.
Thomas' College where he excelled in sports and shone as a good cricketer, playing for the school's first eleven cricket team.
After some time he returned to Royal College where he again played cricket and engaged in other sporting activities.
Pedris was a teetotaler and was an active member in the Colombo society.
Joining the family business, his father hoped that Pedris take over his business enterprises and become a leader in the commercial sector...