Sir Lambert Wilfred Alexander de Soysa, also known as Sir Wilfred de Soysa (20 Feb 1884 - 3 May 1968), was a Ceylonese entrepreneur, landed proprietor and philanthropist.
[2] De Soysa was successful as a tea, rubber and coconut planter and established the firm De Soysa & Co.[3] He was also a member of the Ceylon National Association and part of the Lanka Mahajana Sabha delegation to the Donoughmore Commission.
[2] He was a proprietor of the Ceylon Morning Leader newspaper,[4] and played host to the young Hirohito and Rabindranath Tagore.
[13][14][15] In 1954 his third son Terence de Soysa was appointed as the first Sri Lankan Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
[16][17][18][19] His fourth son Ryle de Soysa was the opening batsman for the All-Ceylon (national team) from 1938 to 1945, and represented the Oxford University, the Sinhalese Sports Club (of which he was later president) and captained the Royal College, Colombo first XI team to Australia in 1936.