The Dornhorst Memorial Prize is a most prestigious prize and honour awarded to a student of Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

, the oldest public school in the country. Awarded annually to the most popular student, judged by General Merit. The selection is made based on votes gained in a secret ballot conducted among the senior boys, teaching staff and the Principal. First awarded in 1930 and in memory of Frederick Dornhorst

Frederick Dornhorst

Frederick Dornhorst, KC was a Ceylonese lawyer. A King's Advocate, he was a leader of the bar.Educated at the prestigious Colombo Academy , Dornhorst became a teacher at the Colombo Academy before moving on to a legal career and became highly respected lawyer after becoming a Barrister at the...

, KC a distinguished Old Royalist.

The award should not be confused with the Turnour Prize

Turnour Prize

The Turnour Prize is the oldest of the panel prizes at Royal College Colombo. It is one of the most prestigious prizes and honour awarded to a student of Royal College, the oldest public school in the country. Awarded annually to the best student in performance in academics. First awarded in 1846...

the oldest prize in the school which had been awarded since 1846 and the Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Prize

Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Prize

The Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Prize is a prestigious prize and honour awarded to a student of Royal College Colombo, the oldest public school in Sri Lanka. Awarded annually to the Most Outstanding Royalist of the Year....

awarded to the most outstanding Royalist of the year.

Notable winners of the Dornhorst Memorial Prize include Justice

Justice

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 C.G. Weeramantry

Christopher Weeramantry

Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 2000, and was Vice-President of the ICJ from 1997 to 2000...

 (1944), former Judge

Judge

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 of the International Court of Justice

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; Rt Revd Lakshman Wickremasinghe

Lakshman Wickremasinghe

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 (1945), former Bishop

Bishop

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 of Kurunegala

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; Neville Kanakeratne

Neville Kanakeratne

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 (1942), former Sri Lankan Ambassador and Colonel

Colonel

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 Fredrick de Saram.

Winners of the Dornhorst Memorial Prize

• Fredrick de Saram (1930)
• B.A.Kuruppu (1931)
• A.C.Ebell(1932)
• D.C.T.Pate (1933)
• R.S.Cooke (1934)
• P.G.B. Keuneman (1935)
• F.H.De Saram (1936)
• M.Sivanathan (1937)
• A.E.Keuneman (1938)
• B.Mahadeva (1939)
• B.St.E.De Bruin (1940)
• Neville Kanakeratne
  Neville Kanakeratne
  Deshamanya Neville Kanakeratne is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and scholar, who was the former Governor of the Southern Province. He was the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to India....
  
   (1941)
• S.G.Salgado (1942)
• C.G. Weeramantry
  Christopher Weeramantry
  Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 2000, and was Vice-President of the ICJ from 1997 to 2000...
  
   (1943)
• Lakshman Wickremasinghe
  Lakshman Wickremasinghe
  The Rt Revd Dr Lakshman Wickremasinghe was one of the youngest Bishops in the Anglican Communion and a Human Rights activist.-Early life and education:...
  
  (1944)
• L.C. Arulpragasam (1945)
• Upali Amerasinghe (1946)
• Nihal Silva
• Tony Anghie
• H.P.Jayawardena (1982)
• Yasas Abeywickrama (1988)
• Senaka Bandusena (1989)
• Hiran Wimalaratne (1990)
• Udara Kularatne (1991)
• P.S.Udara Fernando(1994)
• Charitha Ratwatte III (1996)
• S.W. Pansalawatte(2005)
• Akbo Rupasinghe (2007)