Diederik van Domburg (15 October 1685,

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– 7 June 1736,

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) was the 23rd

Governor of Zeylan 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 administrated by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Wi ...

during the

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. He was appointed on 27 January 1734 and was Governor until 7 June 1736. He was succeeded by acting Governor Jan Maccare.

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