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Justice Sir Thomas De Sampayo KC was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.Born to Maha Vidane Mudaliar Gabriel de Sampayo he was educated at St. Benedict’s Institution before gaining a Queen’s scholarship to study at the prestigious Colombo Academy (now Royal College Colombo). He excelled in school winning the Form Prize Prizes for Latin and Maths and the coveted Turnour Prize.