List of governors of Dutch Ceylon
The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Sri Lanka on 2 May 1639 and parts of the island were incorporated as a Dutch colony administrated by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) by the name of Dutch Ceylon on 12 May 1656. The first Dutch Governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster was appointed on 13 Mar 1640.
List of Governors (1640–1796)
Acting Governor
Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Governor From | Governor Until |
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Willem Jacobszoon Coster | 1590 | 21 Aug 1640 | 13 Mar 1640 | 1 Aug 1640 | |
Jan Thyszoon Payart | 1606 | - | 1 Aug 1640 | 24 Mar 1646 | |
Joan Maetsuyker | 14 Oct 1606 | 24 Jan 1678 | 24 Mar 1646 | 26 Feb 1650 | |
Jacob van Kittensteyn | - | 26 Dec 1653 | 26 Feb 1650 | 11 Oct 1653 | |
Adriaan van der Meyden | - | - | 11 Oct 1653 | 12 May 1660 | |
Rijckloff van Goens | 24 Jun 1619 | 14 Nov 1682 | 12 May 1660 | 1661 | |
Adriaan van der Meyden (2nd time) | - | - | 1661 | 1663 | |
Rijckloff van Goens (2nd time) | 24 Jun 1619 | 14 Nov 1682 | 1663 | 1663 | |
Jacob Hustaert | - | - | 27 Dec 1663 | 19 Nov 1664 | |
Adriaen Roothaes (acting) | <1620 | 1672 | 19 Nov 1664 | April 1665 | |
Rijckloff van Goens (3rd time) | 24 Jun 1619 | 14 Nov 1682 | April 1665 | 1675 | |
Ryklof van Goens de jonge | 11 Jun 1642 | 14 May 1687 | 1675 | 2 Dec 1679 | |
Laurens van Pyl | ca. 1634 | 18 Sep 1705 | 3 Dec 1679 | 19 Jun 1693 | |
Thomas van Rhee | 16 Dec 1634 | 31 Mar 1701 | 19 Jun 1693 | 29 Jan 1695 | |
Paulus van Rhoo | - | 30 Jul 1695 | 29 Jan 1695 | 30 Jul 1695 | |
Gerrit de Heere | 1 Mar 1657 | 26 Nov 1702 | 22 Feb 1697 | 26 Nov 1702 | |
Cornelis Joan Simons | <1660 | 1727 | 11 May 1703 | 22 Nov 1707 | |
Hendrik Becker | 3 Aug 1661 | 22 Aug 1722 | 22 Nov 1707 | 5 Dec 1716 | |
Isaak Augustijn Rumpf | 21 Nov 1673 | 11 Jun 1723 | 5 Dec 1716 | 11 Jun 1723 | |
Arnold Moll (acting) | 5 May 1675 | 10 Feb 1729 | 21 Jun 1723 | 12 Jan 1724 | |
Johannes Hertenberg | 15 Apr 1668 | 19 Oct 1725 | 12 Jan 1724 | 19 Oct 1725 | |
Joan Paul Schaghen (acting) | 2 Nov 1689 | 12 Dec 1746 | 19 Oct 1725 | 16 Sep 1726 | |
Petrus Vuyst | 1691 | 19 May 1732 | 16 Sep 1726 | 27 Aug 1729 | |
Stephanus Versluys | 20 Aug 1694 | 27 Feb 1736 | 27 Aug 1729 | 25 Aug 1732 | |
Gualterus Woutersz (acting) | ca. 1670 | 5 Feb 1759 | 25 Aug 1732 | 2 Dec 1732 | |
Jacob Christiaan Pielat | 27 Aug 1692 | 3 Aug 1740 | 2 Dec 1732 | 27 Jan 1734 | |
Diederik van Domburg |
15 Oct 1685 | 7 Jun 1736 | 27 Jan 1734 | 7 Jun 1736 | |
Jan Macaré (acting) | 5 Jul 1686 | 8 Jan 1742 | 7 Jun 1736 | 23 Jul 1736 | |
Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff | 8 Aug 1705 | 1 Nov 1750 | 23 Jul 1736 | 12 Mar 1740 | |
Willem Maurits Bruyninck | 24 Jan 1689 | - | 12 Mar 1740 | 8 Jan 1742 | |
Daniel Overbeek | 13 Mar 1695 | 29 Jul 1751 | 8 Jan 1742 | 11 May 1743 | |
Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse | 17 Feb 1691 | 13 Jan 1755 | 11 May 1743 | 6 May 1751 | |
Gerard Joan Vreeland | 27 Nov 1711 | 26 Feb 1752 | 6 May 1751 | 26 Feb 1752 | |
Jacob de Jong (acting) | ca. 1700 | ca. 1764 | 26 Feb 1752 | 10 Sep 1752 | |
Joan Gideon Loten | 16 May 1710 | 25 Feb 1789 | 10 Sep 1752 | 17 Mar 1757 | |
Jan Schreuder | 12 Feb 1704 | 16 Jan 1764 | 17 Mar 1757 | 17 Sep 1762 | |
Lubbert Jan baron van Eck | 26 Mar 1719 | 1 Apr 1765 | 17 Sep 1762 | 1 Apr 1765 | |
Anthony Mooyart (acting) | 6 Dec 1698 | 1 Jan 1767 | 13 May 1765 | 7 Aug 1765 | |
Iman Willem Falck | 25 Mar 1736 | 6 Feb 1785 | 7 Aug 1765 | 5 Feb 1785 | |
Willem Jacob van de Graaf | 28 May 1737 | 10 Mar 1804 | 7 Feb 1785 | 15 Jul 1794 | |
Johan van Angelbeek | 1727 | 2 Sep 1799 | 15 Jul 1794 | 16 Feb 1796 |
See also
- List of Sri Lankan monarchs
- Governor-General of Ceylon (1948–1972)
- List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1698)
- History of Sri Lanka
References
- List of Heads of State of Sri Lanka
- F.H. de Vos, Portraits of Dutch Governors of Ceylon, in The Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, Volume V, Albion Press, Galle, 1912, pp. 14–18.
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