- List of Governors of Zeylan
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The following is a list of Dutch governors of Zeylan. The Dutch arrived on the island of Sri Lanka on 2 May 1639 and parts of the island were incorporated as a Dutch colony by the name of Zeylan on 12 May 1656. The first Dutch Governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster was appointed on 13 Mar 1640.
Contents
List of Governors (13 Mar 1640–16 Feb 1796)
Acting Governor
Portrait Name Birth Death Governor From Governor Until Sovereign Willem Jacobszoon Coster - 1640 13 March 1640 1 August 1640 No Sovereign Jan Thyszoon Payart - - 1 August 1640 24 March 1646 No Sovereign 
Joan Maetsuyker 14 October 1606 24 January 1678 24 March 1646 26 February 1650 No Sovereign Jacob van Kittensteyn - - 26 February 1650 11 October 1653 No Sovereign Adriaan van der Meyden - - 11 October 1653 12 May 1660 No Sovereign 
Rijckloff van Goens 1619 1682 12 May 1660 1661 No Sovereign Adriaan van der Meyden
(2nd time)- - 1661 1663 No Sovereign Rijckloff van Goens
(2nd time)
(Semiannual)1619 1682 1663 1663 No Sovereign Jacob Hustaert - - 27 December 1663 19 November 1664 No Sovereign Rijckloff van Goens
(3rd time)
(Semiannual)1619 1682 19 November 1664 1675 No Sovereign Ryklof van Goens de jonge - - 1675 1680 No Sovereign Laurens Peil - - 3 December 1680 19 June 1693 No Sovereign Thomas van Rhee - - 19 June 1693 29 January 1695 No Sovereign Paulus van Rhoo - - 29 January 1695 22 February 1697 No Sovereign Gerrit de Heere 1657 1702 22 February 1697 26 November 1702 No Sovereign Cornelis Joannes Simonszoon
(or Simonsz)- - 11 May 1703 22 November 1707 No Sovereign Hendrik Bekker - - 22 November 1707 5 December 1716 No Sovereign Isaak Augustyn Rumpf - - 5 December 1716 21 June 1723 No Sovereign Arnold Mold
(acting)- - 21 June 1723 12 January 1724 No Sovereign Johannes Hertenberg - - 12 January 1724 19 October 1725 No Sovereign Jan Paulus Schagen
(acting)- - 19 October 1725 16 September 1726 No Sovereign Petrus Vuyst - 1729 16 September 1726 27 August 1729 No Sovereign Stephanus Versluys - - 27 August 1729 25 August 1732 No Sovereign Gualterus Woutersz
(acting)- - 25 August 1732 2 December 1732 No Sovereign Jacob Christian Pielaat
(Commissioner)- - 2 December 1732 27 January 1734 No Sovereign Diederik van Domburg
(or Domburch)- 1736 27 January 1734 7 June 1736 No Sovereign Jan Maccare
(acting)- - 7 June 1736 23 July 1736 No Sovereign 
Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff 8 August 1705 1 November 1750 23 July 1736 12 March 1740 No Sovereign Willem Maurits Bruyninck - - 12 March 1740 8 January 1742 No Sovereign Daniel Overbeek - - 8 January 1742 11 May 1743 No Sovereign Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse - - 11 May 1743 6 May 1751 No Sovereign Gerard Joan Vreeland - - 6 May 1751 26 February 1752 No Sovereign Jacob de Jong
(acting)- - 26 February 1752 10 September 1752 No Sovereign Joan Gideon Loten 16 May 1710 25 February 1789 10 September 1752 17 March 1757 No Sovereign Jan Schreuder - - 17 March 1757 17 September 1762 No Sovereign Lubbert Jan baron van Eck 1719 1765 17 September 1762 13 May 1765 No Sovereign Anthony Mooyart
(acting)- - 13 May 1765 7 August 1765 No Sovereign Iman Willem Falck 1736 1785 7 August 1765 5 February 1785 No Sovereign 
Edward Hughes
(British Commander)1720 1794 8 January 1782 30 August 1782 British military control 
Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez
(French Commander)1729 1788 30 August 1782 January 1784 French military control Willem Jacob van de Graaf - 1794 7 February 1785 15 July 1794 No Sovereign Johan Gerard van Angelbeek 1727 1799 15 July 1794 16 February 1796 No Sovereign List of Military Governors (Aug 1795–12 Oct 1798)
Portrait Name Birth Death Governor From Governor Until Sovereign Patrick Alexander Agnew
(in Trincomalee)1765 1813 Aug 1795 1 Mar 1796 No Sovereign James Stewart - - 1 Mar 1796 1 Jan 1797 No Sovereign Welbore Ellis Doyle 1758 1797 1 Jan 1797 2 Jul 1797 No Sovereign Peter Bonnevaux c.1752 1797 2 Jul 1797 12 Jul 1797 No Sovereign Pierre Frédéric de Meuron 1788 1813 12 Jul 1797 12 Oct 1798 No Sovereign Resident of Zeylan (12 Feb 1796 - 12 Oct 1798)
Portrait Name Birth Death Resident From Resident Until Sovereign Robert Andrews - - 12 Feb 1796 12 Oct 1798 No Sovereign See also
References
Coster · Payart · Maetsuycker · van Kittensteyn · van der Meyden · van Goens · van der Meyden · van Goens · Hustaert · van Goens · van Goens de jonge · Peil · van Rhee · van Rhoo · de Heere · Simonszoon · Bekker · Rumpf · Mold · Hertenberg · Schagen · Vuyst · Versluys · Woutersz · Pielaat · van Domburg · Maccare · van Imhoff · Bruyninck · Overbeek · van Gollenesse · Vreeland · de Jong · Loten · Schreuder · van Eck · Mooyart · Falck · Hughes · Saint · van de Graaf · van Angelbeek · Agnew* · Stewart* · Doyle* · Bonnevaux* · de Meuron* · Andrews**Acting, *Military Governors, **Resident of Zeylan.Colonialism Categories:- History of Sri Lanka
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