Jacobus de Wet
 Jacobus Petrus de Wet (25 August 1838 - 19 April 1900) was the 15th Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was appointed on 31 May 1882 succeeding Richard Cayley and was Chief Justice until 29 May 1883. He was succeeded by Bruce Burnside.de Wet was born to Johannes Carolus and Catharina Aletta (née zeederberg) de Wet he was the second of their seven surviving children. His mother died young when de Wet was only twelve years old. In 1851 his father married Magdalena Elisabeth (née Deneysen).