Dutch governors of Zeylan

The Dutch arrived on 2 May 1639 and was a colony by 12 May 1656. The first Dutch Governor was appointed on 13 Mar 1640.

List of Governors (13 Mar 1640–16 Feb 1796)

*3 December 1680 - 19 June 1693 Laurens Peil (Pyl)
*19 June 1693 - 29 January 1695 Thomas van Rhee
*29 January 1695 - 22 February 1697 Paulus van Rhoo
*22 February 1697 - 26 November 1702 Gerrit de Heere (b. 1657 - d. 1702)
*11 May 1703 - 22 November 1707 Cornelis Joannes Simonszoon or Simonsz
*22 November 1707 - 5 December 1716 Hendrik Bekker
*5 December 1716 - 21 June 1723 Isaak Augustyn Rumpf
*21 June 1723 - 12 January 1724 Arnold Mold (acting)
*12 January 1724 - 19 October 1725 Johannes Hertenberg
*19 October 1725 - 16 September 1726 Jan Paulus Schagen (acting)
*16 September 1726 - 27 August 1729 Petrus Vuyst (d. 1729)
*27 August 1729 - 25 August 1732 Stephanus Versluys
*25 August 1732 - 2 December 1732 Gualterus Woutersz (acting)
*2 December 1732 - 27 January 1734 Jacob Christian Pielaat -Commissioner
*27 January 1734 - 7 June 1736 Diederik van Domburg or Domburch (d. 1736)
*7 June 1736 - 23 July 1736 Jan Maccare (acting)
*23 July 1736 - 12 March 1740 Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff (b. 1705 - d. 1750)
*12 March 1740 - 8 January 1742 Willem Maurits Bruyninck
*8 January 1742 - 11 May 1743 Daniel Overbeek
*11 May 1743 - 6 May 1751 Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse
*6 May 1751 - 26 February 1752 Gerard Joan Vreeland
*26 February 1752 - 10 September 1752 Jacob de Jong (acting)
*10 September 1752 - 17 March 1757 Joan Gideon Loten (b. 1710 - d. 1789)
*17 March 1757 - 17 September 1762 Jan Schreuder
*17 September 1762 - 13 May 1765 Lubbert Jan baron van Eck (b. 1719 - d. 1765)
*13 May 1765 - 7 August 1765 Anthony Mooyart (acting)
*7 August 1765 - 5 February 1785 Iman Willem Falck (b. 1736 - d. 1785)
*8 January 1782 - 30 August 1782 Edward Hughes -British Commander (b. c.1720 - d. 1794) (in Trincomalee)
*30 August 1782 - January 1784 Pierré Andre de Suffern Saint (b. 1729 - d. 1788) Tropez -French Commander (in Trincomalee)
*7 February 1785 - 15 July 1794 Willem Jacob van de Graaf (d. 1794)
*15 July 1794 - 16 February 1796 Johan Gerard van Angelbeek (b. 1727 - d. 1799)

References

* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sri_Lanka.html List of Heads of State of Sri Lanka]

ee also

*Governor-General of Ceylon
*History of Sri Lanka