The British deposed the last king of Kandy, barred his family from the throne forever, and kept his throne at Windsor until 1934

Kannasamy, a prince of the Nayak line, was crowned king of Kandy in 1798 as Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. The chief minister Pilimatalawe chose him over the rival claimant Muthuswamy. He is said to have had the wife and children of his minister Ehelepola executed after Ehelepola went over to the British^†. British forces reached Kandy on 10 February 1815. On 2 March 1815, in the royal audience hall, Governor Robert Brownrigg and the Kandyan chiefs signed the Kandyan Convention. The king did not sign it. It deposed him, ended his dynasty's hereditary claim to the throne and banished his male relatives. He was taken to Vellore Fort in India and died there of dropsy on 30 January 1832. His crown, throne, sceptre and sword of state were presented to the Prince Regent in London and later kept at Windsor Castle, where the throne was used for Garter ceremonies. The throne had been a gift of the Dutch governor to King Vimala Dharma Suriya II in 1693. On 22 September 1934 the Duke of Gloucester returned the crown and throne in Kandy, handing them to the British governor as "the representative of the people." The sceptre, sword and belt followed in 1936. The throne stands in the Kandy gallery of the National Museum in Colombo.