List of governors of Dutch Ceylon

The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.

List of governors

  Acting governor

No.Governor Term start Term end Notes
1 Willem Jacobszoon Coster13 March 16401 August 1640
2 Jan Thyszoon Payart1 August 164024 March 1646
3 Joan Maetsuyker24 March 164626 February 1650
4 Jacob van Kittensteyn26 February 165011 October 1653
5 Adriaan van der Meyden11 October 165312 May 1660
6 Rijckloff van Goens12 May 16601661
7 Adriaan van der Meyden16611663
8 Rijckloff van Goens16631663
9 Jacob Hustaert27 December 166319 November 1664
10 Adriaen Roothaes19 November 1664April 1665
11 Rijckloff van GoensApril 16651675
12 Ryklof van Goens de jonge16752 December 1679
13 Laurens van Pyl3 December 167919 June 1693
14 Thomas van Rhee19 June 169329 January 1695
15 Paulus de Roo29 January 169530 July 1695
16 Thomas van Rhee9 August 169522 February 1697
17 Gerrit de Heere22 February 169726 November 1702
18 Cornelis Jan Simonsz11 May 170322 November 1707
19 Hendrik Becker22 November 17076 December 1716
20 Isaak Augustijn Rumpf5 December 171611 June 1723
21 Arnold Moll21 June 172312 January 1724
22 Johannes Hertenberg12 January 172419 October 1725
23 Joan Paul Schaghen19 October 172516 November 1726
24 Petrus Vuyst16 September 172627 August 1729
25 Stephanus Versluys27 August 172925 August 1732
26 Gualterus Woutersz25 August 17322 December 1732
27 Jacob Christiaan Pielat2 December 173227 January 1732
28 Diederik van Domburg27 January 17347 June 1736
29 Jan Macaré7 June 173623 July 1736
30 Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff23 July 173612 March 1740
31 Willem Maurits Bruyninck12 March 17408 January 1742
32 Daniel Overbeek8 January 174211 May 1743
33 Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse11 May 17436 May 1751
34 Gerard Joan Vreeland6 May 175126 February 1752
35 Jacob de Jong26 February 175210 September 1752
36 Joan Gideon Loten10 September 175217 March 1757
37 Jan Schreuder17 March 175717 September 1762
38 Lubbert Jan baron van Eck17 September 17621 April 1765
39 Anthony Mooyart13 May 17657 August 1765
40 Iman Willem Falck7 August 17655 February 1785
41 Willem Jacob van de Graaf7 February 178515 July 1794
42 Johan van Angelbeek15 July 179416 February 1796

See also

Sources

  • Cahoon, B. "Sri Lanka". World Statesmen. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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