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John William Ronald Ilangakoon, KC (16 August 1894 - 1982) was a Ceylonese lawyer. He was the 25th Attorney General of Ceylon and 11th Solicitor General of Ceylon.

Having qualified as a barrister, he became an advocate. In 1928 he was appointed a District Judge and in 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General succeeding L. M. D. de Silva. He was succeeded by Arthur Wijewardena and was appointed King's Counsel in 1936. He was appointed Attorney General on 1 October 1936, succeeding John Curtois Howard, and held the office until 1942. He was succeeded by Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva. He was the first Sinhalese to hold the office of Attorney General.

He married Annette Lena Dias Bandaranaike daughter of Justice Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I on 10 October 1914. His brother S. W. Illangakoon was the Mudaliyar of Colombo.

References

1. "History". Attorney General's Department. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
2. Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby. "H A P Sandrasagara's 72nd death anniversary: Master of repartee and retort". Daily News. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
3. Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4

• Attorneys general of British Ceylon
• Solicitors general of Ceylon
• 20th-century King's Counsel
• Ceylonese Queen's Counsel
• Ceylonese advocates
• Sinhalese people
• Sri Lankan lawyers
• 1894 births
• 1982 deaths