Braemar was the principal adulthood home of J. R. Jayewardene, former President of Sri Lanka.
Jayewardene and his wife Elina built it in 1938 located Ward Place, Colombo.
[1] The original house built by Gilbert Leonard Rupasinghe, a Notary Public and a successful businessmen, named it Braemar after Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
In 1985, Jayewardene amended the deed of gift stating it should be given to the Department of Archaeology with the objective of creating a museum and called for and exhibit on the Rupasinghe family.
The deed was amended in 1993, including the Inland Revenue Department and adding the final recipient as the J. R. Jayewardene Centre.