John Albert "Bertie" de Silva (19 January 1901 – 30 November 1981) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Oxford University in England between 1924 and 1927 and three matches for Dr J Rockwood's Ceylon XI in Ceylon between 1929 and 1930.He served in the Forest Department in Ceylon from 1927 to 1957, and was head of the department from 1950 to 1957.