Gualterus Woutersz Explained

Gualterus Woutersz
Order:Acting
Office:Governor of Ceylon
Term Start:25 August 1732
Term End:2 December 1732
Predecessor:Stephanus Versluys
Successor:Jacob Christiaan Pielat

Gualterus "Wouter" Woutersz (ca. 1670, Middelburg – 5 February 1759, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was commander of Jaffna for the Dutch East India Company and interim Governor of Dutch Ceylon between the departure of Stephanus Versluys on 25 August 1732 and the arrival of Jacob Christiaan Pielat on 2 December 1732.[1]

Woutersz was the son of Ursula Wees and Gualterus Woutersz Senior, who in 1681 was schepen of Middelburg. Gualterus Junior arrived in Ceylon in 1689 on board the ship Schoondijk. He married Hester Otley. The couple had five children between 1705 and 1719.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cahoon. Ben. Dutch Governors. Worldstatesmen. 1 March 2013.
  2. F. H. de Vos, Genealogy of the Woutersz of Ceylon,