Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer KCSI CIE (7 February 1864 – 5 November 1946)[1] was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911.

Sivaswami Iyer studied law and practised as a lawyer serving as the Advocate-general of Madras Presidency from 1907 to 1911.

Sivaswami Iyer was also active in the Indian independence movement and presented India's case before the League of Nations.

being appointed to the Governor's of Madras' Legislative Council as an additional member in charge of making rules and regulations in 1904.

[6] Sivaswami Iyer entered politics in 1912 when he was appointed member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras as per the Minto Morley scheme and served from 1912 to 1917.

His moderate views and weak opposition to Government policies including the widely condemned internment of Annie Besant during his tenure as member of the executive council earned him the displeasure of Indian nationalists.

Sivaswami Iyer was the Indian delegate to the third session of the League of Nations in 1922 in which, he condemned the mandate policy of General Smuts of the Republic of South Africa.

Sivaswami Iyer served as a member of the Imperial Legislative Assembly, in which he spoke often on military matters.