Bank of Ceylon (BoC) was founded in 1939, with Sir Ernest de Silva as its first Chairman.
His great-grandfather, Emans de Silva Gunasekera and his grandfather, S. D. S. Gunasekera bequeathed the properties to his father, A. E. de Silva, who later became the wealthiest businessman in Ceylon, and named his son A. E. de Silva Jr.
The Prime Minister's Office is located on Sir Ernest de Silva Mawatha (formerly known as Flower Road) in Colombo.
Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Shackleton | Ernest Borgnine | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Ernest Tubb | Ernest Rutherford | Ernest Renan | Ernest Chausson | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Ernest Bloch | Ernest Bevin | Ernest | Ernest George | Ernest Gruening | Ernest Dowson | Ernest Bai Koroma | Ernest Thompson Seton | Ernest Hollings | William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar | Wanderlei Silva | Marina Silva | John Ernest | Ernest Thayer | Ernest Jones | Ernest Giles | Ernest Gellner | Ernest Fenollosa | Ernest Augustus I of Hanover | Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Thiago Silva |