Tom Neville Wynne-Jones was born on 19 November 1893 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the youngest son of Augustus Theophrastus Morgan (1857-1936).
[1] He studied in Cardiff and served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in the first world war, between 1915 and 1919.
[2] In 1919 he joined the Ceylon Civil Service, taking up a role as an architectural assistant in the Public Works Department.
During his career he was responsible for over 2,000 projects, including significant public buildings such as the Survey Department on Kirula Road, Radio Ceylon studios,[3][4] Panagoda Cantonment (Ceylon Light Infantry headquarters),[5] the Independence Memorial Hall[6] and the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour.
[11] He retired from his position as chief architect in 1953, after the country's independence, and was succeeded by Homi Billimoria.