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 The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...

. From 1674 until 1678, he worked in Negapatnam. He was appointed Governor of

Dutch Ceylon Dutch Ceylon (; ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kingdom of Kandy locate ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhee, Thomas van 1634 births 1701 deaths 17th-century Dutch colonial governors Governors of Dutch Ceylon People from Wijk bij Duurstede Dutch East India Company people