| Frederick Dornhorst | |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Trincomalee, Ceylon |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | Ceylonese |
| Occupation: | Barrister and King's Advocate |
Frederick Dornhorst, KC (26 April 1849 – 24 April 1927) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister and King's Advocate.[1]
Educated at Colombo Academy (now Royal College Colombo), Dornhorst became a teacher at the Colombo Academy before moving on to a legal career and becoming a barrister at the Inner Temple. In 1903 he was sworn in as a King's Counsel with Ponnambalam Ramanathan and Thomas De Sampayo, the first "silks" of the Bar of Ceylon.
In 1927, he suffered a broken leg while out walking, and subsequently died of pneumonia while recuperating in a London nursing home.[2]
The Dornhorst Memorial Prize is awarded annually to the most popular student at Royal College Colombo in the memory of Frederick Dornhorst.