Sir James Peter Obeyesekere II, Maha Mudaliyar, JP (1879–1968) was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen.
He was present when his nephew Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike took oaths as prime minister in front of the governor general Sir Oliver Goonetilleke on 12 April 1956.
No other appointments to the post of Head Mudaliyar were made and it was dispensed with after the Bandaranaike government suspended British honors.
His uniform was donated to the Colombo National Museum following his death by his family.
[3] He married Amy Estelle Dias Bandaranaike and their son James Peter Obeyesekere III was elected a member of parliament and served as the acting Cabinet Minister of Health and Finance.