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

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Acting governor

No. | Governor  | Term start  | Term end  | Notes

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1  |  | Willem Jacobszoon Coster | 13 March 1640 | 1 August 1640 |
2  |  | Jan Thyszoon Payart | 1 August 1640 | 24 March 1646 |
3  |  | Joan Maetsuyker | 24 March 1646 | 26 February 1650 |
4  |  | Jacob van Kittensteyn | 26 February 1650 | 11 October 1653 |
5  |  | Adriaan van der Meyden | 11 October 1653 | 12 May 1660 |
6  |  | Rijckloff van Goens | 12 May 1660 | 1661 |
7  |  | Adriaan van der Meyden | 1661 | 1663 |
8  |  | Rijckloff van Goens | 1663 | 1663 |
9  |  | Jacob Hustaert | 27 December 1663 | 19 November 1664 |
10  |  | Adriaen Roothaes | 19 November 1664 | April 1665 |
11  |  | Rijckloff van Goens | April 1665 | 1675 |
12  |  | Ryklof van Goens de jonge | 1675 | 2 December 1679 |
13  |  | Laurens van Pyl | 3 December 1679 | 19 June 1693 |
14  |  | Thomas van Rhee | 19 June 1693 | 29 January 1695 |
15  |  | Paulus de Roo | 29 January 1695 | 30 July 1695 |
16  |  | Thomas van Rhee | 9 August 1695 | 22 February 1697 |
17  |  | Gerrit de Heere | 22 February 1697 | 26 November 1702 |
18  |  | Cornelis Jan Simonsz | 11 May 1703 | 22 November 1707 |
19  |  | Hendrik Becker | 22 November 1707 | 6 December 1716 |
20  |  | Isaak Augustijn Rumpf | 5 December 1716 | 11 June 1723 |
21  |  | Arnold Moll | 21 June 1723 | 12 January 1724 |
22  |  | Johannes Hertenberg | 12 January 1724 | 19 October 1725 |
23  |  | Joan Paul Schaghen | 19 October 1725 | 16 November 1726 |
24  |  | Petrus Vuyst | 16 September 1726 | 27 August 1729 |
25  |  | Stephanus Versluys | 27 August 1729 | 25 August 1732 |
26  |  | Gualterus Woutersz | 25 August 1732 | 2 December 1732 |
27  |  | Jacob Christiaan Pielat | 2 December 1732 | 27 January 1732 |
28  |  | Diederik van Domburg | 27 January 1734 | 7 June 1736 |
29  |  | Jan Macaré | 7 June 1736 | 23 July 1736 |
30  |  | Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff | 23 July 1736 | 12 March 1740 |
31  |  | Willem Maurits Bruyninck | 12 March 1740 | 8 January 1742 |
32  |  | Daniel Overbeek | 8 January 1742 | 11 May 1743 |
33  |  | Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse | 11 May 1743 | 6 May 1751 |
34  |  | Gerard Joan Vreeland | 6 May 1751 | 26 February 1752 |
35  |  | Jacob de Jong | 26 February 1752 | 10 September 1752 |
36  |  | Joan Gideon Loten | 10 September 1752 | 17 March 1757 |
37  |  | Jan Schreuder | 17 March 1757 | 17 September 1762 |
38  |  | Lubbert Jan baron van Eck | 17 September 1762 | 1 April 1765 |
39  |  | Anthony Mooyart | 13 May 1765 | 7 August 1765 |
40  |  | Iman Willem Falck | 7 August 1765 | 5 February 1785 |
41  |  | Willem Jacob van de Graaf | 7 February 1785 | 15 July 1794 |
42  |  | Johan van Angelbeek | 15 July 1794 | 16 February 1796 |

## See also

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* List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1698)

## Sources

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

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Governors of Dutch Ceylon

* Coster (1640)
* Payart (1640–1646)
* Maetsuycker (1646–1650)
* Van Kittensteyn (1650–1653)
* Van der Meyden (1653–1660)
* Van Goens (1660–1661)
* Van der Meyden (1661–1663)
* Van Goens (1663)
* Hustaert (1663–1664)
* Roothaes† (1664–1665)
* Van Goens (1665–1675)
* Van Goens Jr. (1675–1679)
* Van Pyl (1680–1693)
* Van Rhee (1693–1695)
* De Roo† (1695)
* Van Rhee (1695–1697)
* De Heere (1697–1702)
* Simonsz (1703–1707)
* Becker (1707–1716)
* Rumpf (1716–1723)
* Moll† (1723–1724)
* Hertenberg (1724–1725)
* Schaghen† (1725–1726)
* Vuyst (1726–1729)
* Versluys (1729–1732)
* Woutersz† (1732)
* Pielat (1732–1734)
* Van Domburg (1734–1736)
* Macaré† (1736)
* Van Imhoff (1736–1740)
* Bruyninck (1740–1742)
* Overbeek (1742–1743)
* Van Gollenesse (1743–1751)
* Vreeland (1751–1752)
* De Jong† (1752)
* Loten (1752–1757)
* Schreuder (1757–1762)
* Van Eck (1762–1765)
* Mooyart† (1765)
* Falck (1765–1785)
* Hughes‡ (1785)
* Suffren‡ (1785)
* Van de Graaf (1785–1794)
* Van Angelbeek (1794–1796)

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