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Thomas van Rhee

Dutch colonial governor

Summary

Dutch colonial governor

Field	Value
name	Thomas van Rhee
order	13th
office	Governor of Dutch Ceylon
term
predecessor	Laurens van Pyl
1blankname1
1namedata1	Paulus de Roo (Jan–Aug 1695)
successor2	Gerrit de Heere
birth_date
birth_place
death_date
death_place	Batavia, Dutch East India
spouse

Thomas van Rhee (16 December 1634 – 31 March 1701) was a Governor of Dutch Ceylon.

Career

In 1659, he arrived in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. From 1674 until 1678, he worked in Negapatnam. He was appointed Governor of Dutch Ceylon on 19 June 1693, and held the post until 29 January 1695, when he became Council of India. He was succeeded by Gerrit de Heere.

Footnotes

References

Cahoon, B.. "Dutch Governors". Worldstatesmen.

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