Gate Mudaliyar Edmund Peiris, JP, UM was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and philanthropist.
Educated at St. John's College Panadura[2] and Colombo Academy, he joined the public service as a clerk and served in the Colombo Kachcheri before being promoted to Muhandiram of Colombo Kachcheri in 1908 and was appointed as the youngest Mudaliyar of Pandadura and Kalutara Totamunes.
He managed the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Buddhist School, which his father built and donated it to the government.
The Gate Mudliyar Edmond Peiris Prize is awarded by the Faculty of law of the University of Ceylon in his memory.
His grandson is Prof G. L. Peiris, parliamentarian and government minister.