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| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|4|13|1911|6|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[කොළඹ]], [[ශ්රී ලංකාව]]
| nationality = {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lankaසිංහල]]n
| party = [[එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය]]
| spouse =
==දේශපාලන ජිවිතය==
[[File:Frist Cabinet of Ceylon.jpg|right|thumb|Theශ්රී firstලංකාවේ Cabinetපළමු ofකැබිනට් Ministers of Ceylonමණ්ඩලය]]
[[File:SriLankaCabinet1965.jpg|right|thumb|Sriවර්ෂ Lanka1965 -ශ්රී Cabinetලංකාවේ Ministersකැබිනට් ofමණ්ඩල 1965අමාත්යවරු]]
After returning to Ceylon, Dudley was elected a member of the [[State Council of Ceylon|State Council]] while his father was Minister of Agriculture and served as a back-bencher for 10 years. He succeeding his father as Minister of Agriculture in 1946 and held the post after Independence. He was still serving as agriculture minister when his father died unexpectedly. Four days later, on 26 March 1952, to the surprise of many, Dudley was chosen as prime minister by the [[Governor-General of Ceylon|Governor-General]] [[Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury|Lord Soulbury]] over his cousin [[Sir]] [[John Kotelawala]].
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{{succession box | title=[[Primeලංකාවේ Minister of Ceylonඅග්රාමාත්ය]] | before=[[Sirimavoසිරිමාවෝ Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaikeබණ්ඩාරනායක]] | after=[[Sirimavo Ratwatte Diasසිරිමාවෝ Bandaranaikeබණ්ඩාරනායක]] | years=1965–1970}}
{{succession box | title=[[Primeලංකාවේ Minister of Ceylonඅග්රාමාත්ය]] | before=[[Wijeyanandaවිජයානන්ද Dahanayakeදහනායක]] | after=[[Sirimavo Ratwatte Diasසිරිමාවෝ Bandaranaikeබණ්ඩාරනායක]] | years=1960–1960}}
{{succession box | title=[[Primeලංකාවේ Minister of Ceylonඅග්රාමාත්ය]] | before=[[Donඩී.එස්. Stephen Senanayakeසේනානායක]] | after=[[John Lionelජෝන් Kotalawelaකොතලාවල]] | years=1952–1953}}
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