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 March 1640.



List of Governors (1640–1796)


  Acting Governor



























































































































































































































































































































































Portrait
Name
Birth
Death
Governor From
Governor Until

Punto Gale ingenomen door Willem Jacobsz. Coster.jpg

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.jpg

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

Rijcklof.jpg

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 (acting)
-
-
29 Jan 1695
30 Jul 1695


Thomas van Rhee
16 Dec 1634
31 Mar 1701
9 Aug 1695
22 Feb 1697


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 Imhoff2.jpg

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

JGLoten Portret.jpg

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 Gerard van Angelbeek.jpg

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[permanent dead link], in The Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, Volume V, Albion Press, Galle, 1912, pp. 14–18.










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