Portuguese Captain Majors
The following is a list of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon. The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1551, they had appointed a Captains-major to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Ceylon on the island of modern day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous Captains-major until 1594. The post of Captains-major was preceded by that of the Captain in 1518. In 1594, the Captains-major was replaced with a Governor.

Portuguese 1505 - 1658

  • Joao Henriques
  • 1551 - 1552
  • Diogo de Melo Coutinho
  • 1552 - 1552
  • Duarte de Eca
  • 1552 - 1553
  • Fernao Carvalho
  • 1553 - 1555
  • Afonso Pereira de Lacerda
  • 1555 - 1559
  • Jorge de Meneses Baroche
  • 1559 - 1560
  • Baltasar Guedes de Sousa
  • 1560 - 1564
  • Pedro de Ataide Inferno
  • 1564 - 1565
  • Diogo de Melo
  • 1565 - 1568
  • Fernando de Monroy
  • 1568 - 1570
  • Diogo de Melo Coutinho
  • 1570 - 1572
  • Antonio de Noronha
  • 1572 - 1575
  • Fernando de Albuquerque
  • 1575 - 1578
  • Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
  • 1578 - 1583
  • Joao de Correia de Brito
  • 1583 - 1590
  • Simao de Brito
  • 1590 - 1591
  • Pedro Homem Pereira
  • 1591 - 1593
     
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