Arnold Moll (5 May 1675 – 10 February 1729) was the Dutch commander of
Jaffanapatnam from 1723 to 1725 and acting Governor of
Ceylon
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from 21 June 1723 to 12 January 1724. He previously had been merchant on
Ambon and since 1707 Commander of
Galle
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. He was also a member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies. He married the baroness Christina van Reede (1690–1731) with whom he had three daughters.
References
De Wapenheraut 187, p. 159
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1675 births
1729 deaths
18th-century Dutch people
Dutch expatriates in Sri Lanka
Governors of Dutch Ceylon
People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies