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'''Ralph St. Louis Pieris Deraniyagala''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE}}  was a Ceylonese lawyer and civil servant. He was the former [[Parliament of Sri Lanka#Parliament Secretariat|Clerk to the House of Representatives]] (1947–1964) and [[State Council of Ceylon|Clerk of the State Council]].
Born to [[Paul Edward Pieris|Sir Paul Edward Pieris]], civil servant and scholar, and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris, his siblings included [[Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala]], [[Justin Pieris Deraniyagala]] and Miriam Pieris Deraniyagala. He gained a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and qualified as a [[barrister]]. He married [[Ezlynn Deraniyagala]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PIERIS DERANIYAGALA - FAMILY # 1005 |url=http://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw/gen1005.html |website=worldgenweb.org |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
In July 1947, he was appointed [[State Council of Ceylon|Clerk of the State Council]] and continued as [[Parliament of Sri Lanka#Parliament Secretariat|Clerk to the House of Representatives]] until his retirement in October 1964.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secretaries-General of Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.lk/secretaries-general-of-parliament |website=parliament.lk |publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF CEYLON, 3:42PM |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1961/Month%2006/Day%2014/JFKWHP-1961-06-14-B?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR6639-A |website=jfklibrary.org |publisher=JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
He was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1948 Birthday Honours]], an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer]] (OBE) in the [[1953 Coronation Honours (Ceylon)|1953 Coronation Honours]] and [[Commander (order)|Commander]] (CBE) in the [[1954 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite web |title=T H E CEYLO N GO VERN M EN T EXTRAORDINARY G AZETTE |url=http://220.247.247.85:8081/bitstream/handle/123456789/34562/006_1954-JANUARY-MARCH_10628_I-SEC-I_E.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. |publisher=National Library Service |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 JUNE, 1948 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38314/page/3404/data.pdf |website=thegazette.co.uk |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-142696944/view Portrait of Ralph Deraniyagala, clerk of the Ceylon House of Representatives, at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, Canberra, 1959]
*[https://www.parliament.lk/en/component/organisation/dept/departments?depart=1&id=1&Itemid=107 Secretary-General of Parliament]
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