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
GovernorTerm startTerm endNotes1Willem Jacobszoon Coster2Jan Thyszoon Payart3Joan Maetsuyker4Jacob van Kittensteyn5Adriaan van der Meyden6Rijckloff van Goens7Adriaan van der Meyden8Rijckloff van Goens9Jacob Hustaert10Adriaen Roothaes11Rijckloff van Goens12Ryklof van Goens de jonge13Laurens van Pyl14Thomas van Rhee15Paulus de Roo16Thomas van Rhee17Gerrit de Heere18Cornelis Jan Simonsz19Hendrik Becker20Isaak Augustijn Rumpf21Arnold Moll22Johannes Hertenberg23Joan Paul Schaghen24Petrus Vuyst25Stephanus Versluys26Gualterus Woutersz27Jacob Christiaan Pielat28Diederik van Domburg29Jan Macaré30Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff31Willem Maurits Bruyninck32Daniel Overbeek33Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse34Gerard Joan Vreeland35Jacob de Jong36Joan Gideon Loten37Jan Schreuder38Lubbert Jan baron van Eck39Anthony Mooyart40Iman Willem Falck41Willem Jacob van de Graaf42Johan van Angelbeek
See also List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1698)
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