WWW Virtual Library - Sri Lanka
Portuguese Rulers:
Captains-major
1518 João da Silveira
15.. - 1522 Lopo de Brito
1522 - 1524 Fernão Gomes de Lemos
1524 - 1551 Office abolished
1551 - 1552 João Henriques
1552 Diogo de Melo Coutinho (1st 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 de Melo
1568 - 1570 Fernando de Monroy
1570 - 1572 Diogo de Melo Coutinho (2nd time)
1572 - 157. António de Noronha
1575 - 1578 Fernando de Albuquerque
1578 - 1583 Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
1583 - 1590 João de Correia de Brito
1590 - 1591 Simão de Brito
1591 - 1594 Pedro Homem Pereira
Governors
1594 Pedro Lopes de Sousa
1594 - 1613 Jerónimo de Azevedo
1613 - 1614 Francisco de Meneses
1614 - 1616 Manuel Mascarenhas Homem
1616 - 1618 Nuno Álvares Pereira
1618 - 1622 Constantino de Sá de Noronha (1st time)
1622 - 1623 Jorge de Albuquerque
1623 - 1630 Constantino de Sá de Noronha (2nd time)
1630 - 1631 Filipe Mascarenhas (1st time)
1631 - 1633 Jorge de Almeida (1st time)
1633 - 1635 Diego de Melo de Castro (1st time)
1635 - 1636 Jorge de Almeida (2nd time)
1636 - 1638 Diogo de Melo de Castro (2nd time)
1638 - 1640 António Mascarenhas
1640 - 1645 Filipe Mascarenhas (2nd time)
1645 - 1653 Manuel Mascarenhas Homem
1653 - 1655 Francisco de Mello e Castro
1655 - 1656 António de Sousa Coutinho
1656 - 1658 António do Amaral de Meneses (in Jaffna)
Dutch Governors
1640 Willem Jacobszoon Coster
1640 - 1646 Jan Thyssen Payart
1646 - 1650 Joan Maetsuycker (b. 1606 - d. 1678)
1650 - 1653 Jacob van Kittensteyn
1653 - 1660 Adriaan van der Meyden (1st time)
1660 - 1661 Ryklof van Goens (1st time) (b. 1619 - d. 1682)
1661 - 1663 Adriaan van der Meyden (2nd time)
1663 Ryklof van Goens (2nd time) (s.a.)
1663 - 1664 Jacob Hustaert
1664 - 1675 Ryklof van Goens (3rd time) (s.a.)
1675 - 1679 Ryklof van Goens, Jr.
1679 - 1692 Laurens Pyl
1692 - 1697 Thomas van Rhee
22 Feb 1697 - 26 Nov 1702 Gerrit de Heere (b. 1657 - d. 1702)
11 May 1703 - 22 Nov 1707 Cornelis Joannes Simonszoon
22 Nov 1707 - 5 Dec 1716 Hendrick Becker
5 Dec 1716 - 21 Jun 1723 Isaak Augustyn Rumpf
21 Jun 1723 - 12 Jan 1724 Arnold Mold (acting)
12 Jan 1724 - 19 Oct 1725 Johannes Hertenberg
19 Oct 1725 - 16 Sep 1726 Jan Paulus Schagen (acting)
16 Sep 1726 - 27 Aug 1729 Petrus Vuyst (d. 1729)
27 Aug 1729 - 25 Aug 1732 Stephanus Versluys
25 Aug 1732 - 2 Dec 1732 Gualterus Woutersz (acting)
2 Dec 1732 - 27 Jan 1734 Jacob Christian Pielaat -Commissioner
27 Jan 1734 - 7 Jun 1736 Diederick van Domburg (d. 1736)
7 Jun 1736 - 23 Jul 1736 Jan Maccare (acting)
23 Jul 1736 - 12 Mar 1740 Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff (b. 1705 - d. 1750)
12 Mar 1740 - 8 Jan 1742 Willem Maurits Bruyninck
8 Jan 1742 - 11 May 1743 Daniel Overbeek
11 May 1743 - 6 May 1751 Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse
6 May 1751 - 26 Feb 1752 Gerrard Joan Vreeland
26 Feb 1752 - 10 Sep 1752 Jacob de Jong (acting)
10 Sep 1752 - 17 Mar 1757 Joan Gideon Loten (b. 1710 - d. 1789)
17 Mar 1757 - 17 Sep 1762 Jan Schreuder
17 Sep 1762 - 13 May 1765 Lubbert Jan baron van Eck (b. 1719 - d. 1765)
13 May 1765 - 7 Aug 1765 Anthony Mooyart (acting)
7 Aug 1765 - 5 Feb 1785 Iman Willem Falck (b. 1736 - d. 1785)
7 Feb 1785 - 15 Jul 1794 Willem Jacob van der Graaf (d. 1794)
15 Jul 1794 - 16 Feb 1796 Johan Gerrard van Angelbeek (b. 1727 - d. 1799)
British Rulers
Military governors
Aug 1795 - 1 Mar 1796 Patrick Alexander Agnew (in Trincomalee) (b. 1765 - d. 1813)
1 Mar 1796 - 1 Jan 1797 James Stewart
1 Jan 1797 - 30 Jun 1797 Welbore Ellis Doyle
30 Jun 1797 - 12 Jul 1797 Peter Bonnevaux
12 Jul 1797 - 12 Oct 1798 Pierre Frederic de Meuron (b. 17.. - d. 1812)
Resident
12 Feb 1796 - 12 Oct 1798 Robert Andrews
Governors
12 Oct 1798 - 14 Mar 1799 Frederick George Augustus North,(b. 1766 - d. 1827) Earl of Guilford (1st time)
14 Mar 1799 - 22 Jul 1799 Josias Champagne (acting)
22 Jul 1799 - 19 Jul 1805 Frederick George Augustus North, (s.a.) Earl of Guilford (2nd time)
19 Jul 1805 - 19 Mar 1811 Thomas Maitland (b. 1759 - d. 1824)
19 Mar 1811 - 11 Mar 1812 John Wilson (1st time) (acting) (b. 1780 - d. 1856)
11 Mar 1812 - 1 Feb 1820 Robert Brownrigg (b. 1759 - d. 1833)
1 Feb 1820 - 2 Feb 1822 Edward Barnes (1st time) (acting) (b. 1776 - d. 1838)
2 Feb 1822 - 6 Nov 1822 Edward Paget (b. 1775 - d. 1849)
6 Nov 1822 - 18 Jan 1824 James Campbell (acting)
18 Jan 1824 - 13 Oct 1831 Edward Barnes (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Oct 1831 - 23 Oct 1831 John Wilson (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
23 Oct 1831 - 7 Nov 1837 Robert Wilmot-Horton (b. 1784 - d. 1841)
7 Nov 1837 - 15 Apr 1841 James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie (b. 1776 - d. 1843)
15 Apr 1841 - 19 Apr 1847 Colin Campbell (b. 1776 - d. 1847)
19 Apr 1847 - 29 May 1847 James Emerson Tennent (acting) (b. 1804 - d. 1869)
29 May 1847 - 18 Oct 1850 George Byng, Viscount Torrington (b. 1812 - d. 1884)
18 Oct 1850 - 27 Nov 1850 Charles Justin MacCarthy (b. 1820 - d. 1864) (1st time) (acting)
27 Nov 1850 - 18 Jan 1855 Sir George William Anderson (b. 1791 - d. 1857)
18 Jan 1855 - 11 May 1855 Charles Justin MacCarthy (s.a.) (2nd time) (acting)
11 May 1855 - 30 Jun 1860 Henry George Ward (b. 1797 - d. 1860)
30 Jun 1860 - 30 Jul 1860 Henry Frederick Lockyer (acting) (b. 1797 - d. 1860)
30 Jul 1860 - 22 Oct 1860 Charles Edmund Wilkinson (acting) (b. 1807 - d. 1870)
22 Oct 1860 - 1 Dec 1863 Charles Justin MacCarthy (3rd time)(s.a.)
1 Dec 1863 - 21 Mar 1865 Terence O'Brien (acting)
21 Mar 1865 - 4 Jan 1872 Hercules George Robert Robinson (b. 1824 - d. 1897) (acting to 16 May 1865)
4 Jan 1872 - 4 Mar 1872 Henry Turner Irving (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1923)
4 Mar 1872 - 4 Sep 1877 William Henry Gregory (b. 1817 - d. 1892)
4 Sep 1877 - 10 Jul 1883 James Robert Longden (b. 1827 - d. 1891)
10 Jul 1883 - 3 Dec 1883 John Douglas (acting)
3 Dec 1883 - 28 May 1890 Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
28 May 1890 - 24 Oct 1895 Arthur Elibank Havelock (b. 1844 - d. 1908)
24 Oct 1895 - 10 Feb 1896 Edward Noël Walker (acting) (b. 1842 - d. 1908)
10 Feb 1896 - 19 Nov 1903 Joseph West Ridgeway (b. 1844 - d. 1930)
19 Nov 1903 - 3 Dec 1903 Edward F. im Thurn (acting) (b. 1852 - d. 1932)
3 Dec 1903 - 11 Jul 1907 Sir Henry Arthur Blake (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
11 Jul 1907 - 24 Aug 1907 Hugh Charles Clifford (acting) (b. 1866 - d. 1941) (1st time)
24 Aug 1907 - 24 Jan 1913 Sir Henry Edward McCallum (b. 1852 - d. 1919)
24 Jan 1913 - 18 Oct 1913 Reginald Edward Stubbs (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1947)(acting)
18 Oct 1913 - 4 Dec 1915 Robert Chalmers (b. 1858 - d. 1938)
4 Dec 1915 - 15 Apr 1916 Reginald Edward Stubbs (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting)
15 Apr 1916 - 24 Mar 1918 Sir John Anderson (b. 1858 - d. 1918)
24 Mar 1918 - 10 Sep 1918 Reginald Edward Stubbs (3rd time) (s.a.) (acting)
10 Sep 1918 - 1 Apr 1925 Sir William Henry Manning (b. 1863 - d. 1932)
1 Apr 1925 - 18 Oct 1925 Cecil Clementi (acting) (b. 1875 - d. 1947)
18 Oct 1925 - 30 Nov 1925 Edward Bruce Alexander (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
30 Nov 1925 - 20 Aug 1928 Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (s.a.) (2nd time)
20 Aug 1928 - 11 Feb 1931 Sir Herbert James Stanley (b. 1872 - d. 1953)
11 Feb 1931 - 11 Apr 1931 Bernard Henry Bourdillon (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1948)
11 Apr 1931 - 20 Sep 1933 Sir Graeme Thomson (b. 1875 - d. 1933)
20 Sep 1933 - 23 Dec 1933 Francis Graeme Tyrrell (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1964)
23 Dec 1933 - 30 Jun 1937 Reginald Edward Stubbs (4th time) (s.a.)
30 Jun 1937 - 16 Oct 1937 Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn (b. 1883 - d. 1953)(acting)
16 Oct 1937 - 19 Sep 1944 Sir Andrew Caldecott (b. 1884 - d. 1951)
19 Sep 1944 - 4 Feb 1948 Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (b. 1887 - d. 1964)