predecessor successor office order term_start article_title term_end name
stephanus versluys jacob christiaan pielat governor of ceylon acting 25 august 1732 gualterus woutersz
 2 december 1732 gualterus woutersz
gualterus woutersz

gualterus `` wouter '' woutersz -lrb- ca. 1670 , middelburg - 5 february 1759 , batavia , dutch east indies -rrb- was commander of jaffna for the dutch east india company and interim governor of dutch ceylon between the departure of stephanus versluys on 25 august 1732 and the arrival of jacob christiaan pielat on 2 december 1732 .
woutersz was the son of ursula wees and gualterus woutersz senior , who in 1681 was schepen of middelburg .
gualterus junior arrived in ceylon in 1689 on board the ship `` schoondijk '' .
he married hester otley .
the couple had five children between 1705 and 1719 .
