Dutch Colonial Governor
1. Jan van Riebeeck (1619)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Dutch founder of Cape Town, South Africa in the year 1652.
2. Willem Rooseboom (1843)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Rooseboom was a Dutch Major General and politician who was governor general of the Dutch East Indies from 1899 until 1904.
3. Petrus Albertus van der Parra (1714)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Petrus Albertus van der Parra was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1761 to 1775.
4. Constantin Ranst de Jonge (1635)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Constantin Ranst de Jonge was the son of Hieronimus Rans involved in whaling and Barbara Carel. The origin of the family was in Bruges but had moved to Middelburg and...
5. Mattheus de Haan (1663)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Mattheus de Haan was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1725 to 1729. . He was born in Dordrecht in 1663. On 26 October 1671 he left for the...
6. Cornelis van der Lijn (Unknow)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Cornelis van der Lijn was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1646 until 1650.
7. Willem van Outhoorn (1635)
Dutch Colonial Governor
van Outhoorn was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1691 to 1704. He was born and died in the Dutch East Indies.
8. Carel Reyniersz (Unknow)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Carel Reyniersz was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1650 until 1653. Reyniersz was born in Amsterdam in 1604. He left for the Indies in 1627 as Upperbuyer on...
9. Joachim van Plettenberg (1739)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was the governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 11 August 1771 to 14 February 1785. Plettenberg was presiding governor after Ryk Tulbagh's death....
10. Jeremias van Riemsdijk (1712)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Jeremias van Riemsdijk was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1775 to 1777. Jeremias van Riemsdijk was born on 18 October 1712...
11. Hubertus van Mook (1894)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Hubertus Johannes van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution he served as the Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942...
12. Abraham Patras (1671)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Abraham Patras was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 11 March 1735 until 3 May 1737. He was born in Grenoble of a refugee French Huguenot family. In 1685...
13. Abraham Pruijs van der Hoeven (1829)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Abraham Pruijs van der Hoeven was a governor of Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam a northern region of the island of Sumatra. Van de Hoeven was born in Leiden in 1829. He...
14. Willem Kieft (1597)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Dutch footballer named Willem Kieft see Wim KieftWillem Kieft was a Dutch merchant and director of New Netherland from 1638 until 1647.
15. Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1796 until 1801. He was the last Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company which was dissolved bankrupt...
16. Hendrik Swellengrebel (1700)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Hendrik Swellengrebel was the first and only Dutch East India Company governor of the Dutch Cape Colony who was born in the Cape. Swellengrebel was governor from the 14th April...
17. Paulus van der Veen (1660)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Paul van der Veen Does was a Dutch colonial governor. From 1696 to 1706 he was governor of Surinam succeeding Johan van Scharphuizen. For twenty-five years until his death he...
18. Godert van der Capellen (1778)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Godert Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen was a Dutch statesman from Utrecht. Van der Capellen was the son of a cavalry colonel. He was made Prefect of Friesland...
19. Diederik Durven (1676)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Diederik Durven was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1729 to 1732. Durven studied Law at Leiden University where he graduated in 19 July...
20. Dirck van Cloon (1684)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Dirck van Cloon was Eurasian Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He died of malaria at the age of 46. He was born in Batavia sometime in 1684. For his...
21. Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum (1873)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Johan Paul Count of Limburg-Stirum was a Dutch diplomat member of the House of Limburg-Stirum Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Dutch emissary in Berlin and London. He made a...
22. Johannes Camphuys (1634)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Johannes Camphuys was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691. Camphuys was born in Haarlem in the Republic of the United Netherlands.
23. Johannes de Graaff (Unknow)
Dutch Colonial Governor
Johannes de Graaff also referred to as Johannis de Graeff in some documents was a Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius Saba and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles during the...
