James Aubrey Martensz
James Aubrey Martensz CBE, JP, UM (25 September 1885 – 26 March 1963) was a Ceylonese lawyer and statesmen.Marthensz served for a number of years as the private secretary to Justice Wendt and in 1908 was admitted to the bar as a Proctor.[4][6] He officiated as Deputy Chairman of Committees between October 1947 and December 1948,[7] and on one occasion as Speaker of the House.In January 1949 he was appointed as Ceylon's first High Commissioner in Australia by his close friend Prime Minister D. S.[11][4] A lifelong bachelor, Martensz emigrated to Australia in 1959 and died in Canberra on 26 March 1963.