{{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The Governor of Ceylon can refer to historical vice-regal representatives of three

colonial powers Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their relig ...

Portuguese Ceylon

* List of Captains of Portuguese Ceylon (1518–1551) * List of Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon (1551–1594) *

List of Governors of Portuguese Ceylon The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous ca ...

(1594–1658)

Dutch Ceylon

* List of Dutch Governors of Ceylon (1640–1796)

British Ceylon

Governors of British Ceylon The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ceylon. The governor was the ...

(1798–1948)

Dominion of Ceylon

* Governor-General of Ceylon (1948–1972) Political history of Sri Lanka 1518 establishments in Asia 16th-century establishments in Sri Lanka 1658 disestablishments in Asia 17th-century disestablishments in Sri Lanka 1640 establishments in Asia 17th-century establishments in Sri Lanka 1796 disestablishments in Asia 18th-century disestablishments in Sri Lanka 1798 establishments in Asia 18th-century establishments in Sri Lanka 1972 disestablishments in Sri Lanka