Jacob de Jong was an acting

Governor of Ceylon {{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The Governor of Ceylon can refer to historical vice-regal representatives of three colonial powers: Portuguese Ceylon * List of Captains of Portuguese Ceylon (1518–1551) * List of Captain-majors of Portuguese ...

during the

Dutch period in Ceylon Dutch Ceylon ( Sinhala: Tamil: ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kandyan ...

. He was appointed on 26 February 1752 and was Governor until 10 September 1752. He was succeeded by

Joan Gideon Loten Joan Gideon Loten (also spelt Johan or John, in school records as Johannes Gideon Looten) (16 May 1710 – 25 February 1789) was a Dutch servant in the colonies of the Dutch East India Company, the 29th Governor of Zeylan, Fellow of the Royal Soc ...

. De Jong was born in

Mannar, Sri Lanka Mannar ( ta, மன்னார், translit=Maṉṉār, si, මන්නාරම, translit=Mannārama, formerly spelled Manar) is the main town of Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. The town is l ...

as the son of Jacob de Jong Senior, from

Veere Veere (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Ter Veere) is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland. History The name ''Veere'' ...

and in 1722 ''Commandeur'' of

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...

, and Johanna Pasque de Chavonnes, from

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. He worked his way up in the

Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...

. He served as special commissioner at the pearl fishery in 1722 and as Dutch Ambassador to the Court of

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

in 1736. He was promoted to Commandeur' of

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

in 1742 and, like his father, to Commandeur of

in 1748, before acting as Governor of Ceylon during an interregnum. He was married four times, after his first wife, Elizabeth Mooyaart, died in Galle in October 1747.S.A.W. Mottau, "Galle Two Centuries Ago", Memoir by Jacob de Jong, Commandeur of Galle, for his successor, 18 May 1748. His fourth wife, Cornelia Schokman, remarried as a widow in 1765.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jong, Jacob de Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 1760s deaths 18th-century Dutch people Governors of Dutch Ceylon People from Mannar, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan people of Dutch descent Dutch East India Company people