He was a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Educated at S. Thomas' College, Alvis was enrolled as an proctor in 1878, practicing in the district courts and later in the supreme court.
He was reelected in the 1921 Legislative Council election.
[1] Alvis married Madeleine Cecilia Daniel.
Lady Madeleine Louise Garvin, wife of Sir Thomas Garvin, judge of the Supreme Court was his daughter.