Cyril E. S. Perera, QC, (19 January 1892 – 27 March 1968) was a former member of the House of Representatives (Ceylon), and in later life a leading businessman.
Cyril Ernest Stanley Perera was born on 19 January 1892 and received his secondary education at St. Anthony's College, Kandy.
Perera had the unique distinction of being second in order of merit at the Bar Final in his year, and won a £50 prize from Gray's Inn.
Perera was a vocal critic of the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike government's 'Sinhala Only Act' stating: "The Tamils will never forget and never forgive the majority community for depriving them of rights which had been apparently been secured to them.
"[3] In 1938 Perera, in association with Hugh Weerasekere, founded the Ceylon Insurance Company (predecessor to Ceylinco Consolidated) and was a member of its board until his death.