Petrus Vuyst

Petrus Vuyst
Execution of Petrus Vuyst for illegally establishing a court martial that executed soldiers and citizens for planning an imagined coup.
20th Governor of Ceylon
In office
16 September 1726 – 27 August 1729
Preceded byJan Paulus Schagen
as acting governor
Succeeded byStephanus Versluys
Personal details
BornPetrus Vuijst
1691 (1691)
Batavia
Died19 May 1732(1732-05-19) (aged 40–41)
Batavia
SpouseBarbara Wilhelmina Gerlings
Children1
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Petrus Vuyst or Vuijst (1691, Alkmaar, Netherlands – 19 May 1732, Batavia) was the 20th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch colonial period.