Jacob Hustaert was a
Governor of Dutch Ceylon
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
Dutch period in Ceylon. He was the son of Pieter Hustaert from Antwerp and Elisabeth Moucheron from Middelburg. In 1645 he was stationed on the
Moluccas and became the governor of Ambon; in 1662 of the Coromandel. He was appointed on 27 December 1663, and was governor of Ceylon until 19 November 1664. He was succeeded by
Rijckloff van Goens.
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17th-century Dutch colonial governors
Governors of Dutch Ceylon