Sir Richard Aluwihare, KCMG, CBE, JP, CCS (23 May 1895 – 22 December 1976) was a Sri Lankan civil servant.
His younger brother, Bernard (1902 – 1961), was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale.
With the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted in the British Army serving in the Middlesex Regiment[1] at Flanders, 1916 and was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme.
He retired from the civil service as Inspector General and was succeeded by his son-in-law Osmund de Silva.
[5] After his retirement in 1955 Aluwihare went into politics and contested the parliamentary seat of Kalawewa from the United National Party in 1956 and was soundly defeated.
[5] The winner of the Trinity–Antonian Cricket Encounter (Battle of the Blues) is awarded the Sir Richard Aluwihare Trophy.