| 词条 | Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner |
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|honorific-prefix = Senator |name = Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner |native_name = |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = Kt KSS KSG |image = Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner.jpg |imagesize = |office1 = Member of the Senate of Ceylon |term_start1 = |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|01|06|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{Death year and age|1960|1899|12}} |death_place = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = Businessman |profession = |religion = |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = Ethnicity |data1 = Ceylon Tamil }} Sir Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (6 January 1899 – December 1960) was a Ceylon Tamil businessman and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and familyGardiner was born on 6 January 1899.[1] He was the son of Samuel Vairamuttu Gardiner and Salomapillai Bastiampillai.[1] The Gardiner family were originally from Achchuvely and Manipay in northern Ceylon but later moved to Colombo.[2] Gardiner married Angeline Casie Chetty, daughter of Aloysius Mount Carmel Casie Chetty. They had an adopted son, Cyril Aloysius. CareerGardiner studied law before entering business.[2] He pioneered the cinema business in Ceylon and established The Ceylon Theatres Limited, which is now one of Sri Lanka's largest conglomerates, on 29 September 1928.[2][3][4] He controlled several leading businesses in Colombo and had interests in others including Cargills and Millers.[2] Gardiner was made a Knight of St. Sylvester in 1947 for his services to the Roman Catholic Church.[2] He was also a Knight of St. Gregory.[1] He was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon in 1947.[2] He was knighted in the 1951 New Year Honours.[5] Gardiner was a Rotarian and made a number of large charitable endowments.[2] He was a keen horse owner, his horse won the Governor's Cup in 1947.[2] He died in December 1960.[3] Parson's Road, the site of Regal Theatre, Ceylon Theatres' first cinema, wan renamed Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha.[2][3][4] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Burnand|first1=Francis Cowley|title=The Catholic Who's Who - Volume 35|date=1952|publisher=Burns & Oates|page=167|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jg8NAAAAIAAJ}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Chittampalam Abraham}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|page=54|authorlink=S. Arumugam}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Jayanetti|first1=Lalith|title=Ceylon Theatres marks 75 years|url=http://www.island.lk/2003/10/04/satmag05.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=4 October 2003}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Ranatunga|first1=D. C.|title=Reeling under 75 years|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/031130/plus/6.htm|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=30 November 2003}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Fourth Supplement|journal=The London Gazette|date=29 December 1950|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39107/supplement/43|issue=39107|page=43}} 10 : 1899 births|1960 deaths|Ceylonese Knights Bachelor|Knights of St. Gregory the Great|Knights of St. Sylvester|Members of the Senate of Ceylon|People from Colombo|People of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Tamil businesspeople|Sri Lankan Tamil politicians |
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