List governors of Ceylon

Here the list of the governors of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Captains Portuguese majors

1518: João da Silveira
1518-1522: Lopo de Brito
1522-1524: Fernão Gums of Lemos
1551-1552: João Henriques
1552: Diogo of Mello Coutinho (first time)
1552-1553: Duarte de Eça
1553-1555: Fernão Carvalho
1555-1559: Afonso Pereira de Lacerda
1559-1560: Jorge de Meneses Baroche
1560-1564: Baltasar Guedes de Sousa
1564-1565: Pedro de Ataíde Inferno
1565-1568: Diogo of Mello
1568-1570: Fernando de Monroy
1570-1572: Diogo of Mello Coutinho (second time)
1572-1572 to 1575: António de Noronha
1575-1578: Fernando de Albuquerque
1578-1583: Handbook of Sousa Coutinho
1583-1590: João de Correia de Brito
1590-1591: Simão de Brito
1591-1594: Pedro Homem Pereira

Portuguese governors

1594: Pedro Lopes de Sousa
1594-1613: Jerónimo de Azevedo
1613-1614: Francisco de Meneses
1614-1616: Handbook Mascarenhas Homem
1616-1618: Nuno Álvares Pereira
1618-1622: Constantino de Sá de Noronha (first time)
1622-1623: Jorge de Albuquerque
1623-1630: Constantino de Sá de Noronha (second time)
1630-1631: Filipe Mascarenhas (first time)
1631-1633: Jorge de Almeida (first time)
1633-1635: Diego of Mello of Castro (first time)
1635-1636: Jorge de Almeida (second time)
1636-1638: Diogo of Mello of Castro (second time)
1638-1640: António Mascarenhas
1640-1645: Filipe Mascarenhas (second time)
1645-1653: Handbook Mascarenhas Homem
1653-1655: Francisco of Mello E Castro
1655-1656: António de Sousa Coutinho
1656-1658: António C Amaral de Meneses (with Jaffna)

Dutch governors

1640: Willem Jacobszoon Coster
1640-1646: Jan Thyssen Payart
1646-1650: Joan Maetsuycker
1650-1653: Jacob van Kittensteyn
1653-1660: Adriaan van der Meyden (first time)
1660-1661: Ryklof van Goens (first time)
1661-1663: Adriaan van der Meyden (second time)
1663: Ryklof van Goens (second time)
1663-1664: Jacob Hustaert
1664-1675: Ryklof van Goens (third time)
1675-1679: Ryklof van Goens Junior
1679-1692: Laurens Pyl
1692-1697: Thomas van Rhee
February 22nd, 1697 - November 26th, 1702: Gerrit de Heere
May 11th, 1703 - November 22nd, 1707: Cornelis Joannes Simonszoon
November 22nd, 1707 - December 5th, 1716: Hendrick Becker
December 5th, 1716 - June 21st, 1723: Isaak Augustyn Rumpf
June 21st, 1723 - January 12th, 1724: Arnold Mold (provisional)
January 12th, 1724 - October 19th, 1725: Johannes Hertenberg
October 19th, 1725 - September 16th, 1726: Jan Paulus Schagen (provisional)
September 16th, 1726 - August 27th, 1729: Petrus Vuyst
August 27th, 1729 - August 25th, 1732: Stephanus Versluys
August 25th, 1732 - December 2nd, 1732: Gualterus Woutersz (provisional)
December 2nd, 1732 - January 27th, 1734: Jacob Christian Pielaat (police chief)
January 27th, 1734 - June 7th, 1736: Diederick van Domburg
June 7th, 1736 - July 23rd, 1736: Jan Maccare (provisional)
July 23rd, 1736 - March 12th, 1740: Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff
March 12th, 1740 - January 8th, 1742: Willem Maurits Bruyninck
January 8th, 1742 - May 11th, 1743: Daniel Overbeek
May 11th, 1743 - May 6th, 1751: Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse
May 6th, 1751 - February 26th, 1752: Gerrard Joan Vreeland
February 26th, 1752 - September 10th, 1752: Jacob of Jong (provisional)
September 10th, 1752 - March 17th, 1757: Joan Gideon Loten
March 17th, 1757 - September 17th, 1762: Jan Schreuder
September 17th, 1762 - May 13rd, 1765: Lubbert Jan van Eck
May 13rd, 1765 - August 7th, 1765: Anthony Mooyart (provisional)
August 7th, 1765 - February 5th, 1785: Iman Willem Falck
February 7th, 1785 - July 15th, 1794: Willem Jacob van der Graaf
July 15th, 1794 - February 16th, 1796: Johan Gerrard van Angelbeek

Governors soldier British

August 1795 - March 1st, 1796: Patrick Alexander Agnew (in Trincomalee)
March 1st, 1796 - January 1st, 1797: James Stewart
January 1st, 1797 - June 30th, 1797: Welbore Elect Doyle
June 30th, 1797 - July 12th, 1797: Peter Bonnevaux
July 12th, 1797 - October 12th, 1798: Pierre Frederic de Meuron

British governors

February 12th, 1796 - October 12th, 1798: Robert Andrews (resident)
October 12th, 1798 - March 14th, 1799: Frederick George Augustus North (first time)
March 14th, 1799 - July 22nd, 1799: Josias Champagne (provisional)
July 22nd, 1799 - July 19th, 1805: Frederick George Augustus North (second time)
July 19th, 1805 - March 19th, 1811: Thomas Maitland
March 19th, 1811 - March 11th, 1812: John Wilson (provisional) (first time)
March 11th, 1812 - February 1st, 1820: Robert Brownrigg
February 1st, 1820 - February 2nd, 1822: Edward Barnes (provisional) (first time)
February 2nd, 1822 - November 6th, 1822: Edward Paget
November 6th, 1822 - January 18th, 1824: James Campbell (provisional)
January 18th, 1824 - October 13rd, 1831: Edward Barnes (second time)
October 13rd, 1831 - October 23rd, 1831: John Wilson (provisional) (second time)
October 23rd, 1831 - November 7th, 1837: Robert Wilmot-Horton
November 7th, 1837 - April 15th, 1841: James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie
April 15th, 1841 - April 19th, 1847: Hake Campbell
April 19th, 1847 - May 29th, 1847: James Emerson Tennent (provisional)
May 29th, 1847 - October 18th, 1850: George Byng
October 18th, 1850 - November 27th, 1850: Charles Justin MacCarthy (provisional) (first time)
November 27th, 1850 - January 18th, 1855: George William Anderson
January 18th, 1855 - May 11th, 1855: Charles Justin MacCarthy (provisional) (second time)
May 11th, 1855 - June 30th, 1860: Henry George Ward
June 30th, 1860 - July 30th, 1860: Henry Frederick Lockyer (provisional)
July 30th, 1860 - October 22nd, 1860: Charles Edmund Wilkinson (provisional)
October 22nd, 1860 - December 1st, 1863: Charles Justin MacCarthy (third time)
December 1st, 1863 - March 21st, 1865: Terence O' Brien (provisional)
March 21st, 1865 - January 4th, 1872: Hercules George Robert Robinson (provisional until May 16th, 1865)
January 4th, 1872 - March 4th, 1872: Henry Turner Irving (provisional)
March 4th, 1872 - September 4th, 1877: William Henry Gregory
September 4th, 1877 - July 10th, 1883: James Robert Longden
July 10th, 1883 - December 3rd, 1883: Douglas John (provisional)
December 3rd, 1883 - May 28th, 1890: Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
May 28th, 1890 - October 24th, 1895: Arthur Elibank Havelock
October 24th, 1895 - February 10th, 1896: Edward No5el Walker (provisional)
February 10th, 1896 - November 19th, 1903: Joseph West Ridgeway
November 19th, 1903 - December 3rd, 1903: Edward F. im Thurn (provisional)
December 3rd, 1903 - July 11th, 1907: Henry Arthur Blake
July 11th, 1907 - August 24th, 1907: Hugh Charles Clifford (provisional) (first time)
August 24th, 1907 - January 24th, 1913: Henry Edward McCallum
January 24th, 1913 - October 18th, 1913: Reginald Edward Stubbs (provisional) (first time)
October 18th, 1913 - December 4th, 1915: Robert Chalmers
December 4th, 1915 - April 15th, 1916: Reginald Edward Stubbs (provisional) (second time)
April 15th, 1916 - March 24th, 1918: John Anderson
March 24th, 1918 - September 10th, 1918: Reginald Edward Stubbs (provisional) (third time)
September 10th, 1918 - April 1st, 1925: William Henry Manning
April 1st, 1925 - October 18th, 1925: Cecil Clementi (provisional)
October 18th, 1925 - November 30th, 1925: Edward Bruce Alexander (provisional)
November 30th, 1925 - August 20th, 1928: Hugh Charles Clifford (second time)
August 20th, 1928 - February 11th, 1931: Herbert James Stanley
February 11th, 1931 - April 11th, 1931: Bernard Henry Bourdillon (provisional)
April 11th, 1931 - September 20th, 1933: Graeme Thomson
September 20th, 1933 - December 23rd, 1933: Francis Graeme Tyrrell (provisional)
December 23rd, 1933 - June 30th, 1937: Reginald Edward Stubbs (fourth time)
June 30th, 1937 - October 16th, 1937: Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn (provisional)
October 16th, 1937 - September 19th, 1944: Andrew Caldecott
September 19th, 1944 - February 4th, 1948: Henry Monck-Mason Moore

British Governor-generals

February 4th, 1948 - July 6th, 1949: Henry Monck-Mason Moore
July 6th, 1949 - July 17th, 1954: Herwald Ramsbotham
July 17th, 1954 - March 2nd, 1962: Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke
March 2nd, 1962 - May 22nd, 1972: William Gopallawa

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