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 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

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

Sources

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