Cornelis Speelman
Cornelis Speelman | |
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Rijcklof van Goens | |
Succeeded by | Johannes Camphuys |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 March 1628 Rotterdam, Dutch Republic |
Died | 11 January 1684 Batavia, Dutch East Indies | (aged 55)
Nationality | Dutch Republic |
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman (2 March 1628 – 11 January 1684) was
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman was the son of a
Biography
In 1645, he arrived in
with great festivity. Even before his voyage came to an end, in 1652, he was promoted to buyer (koopman).On his return to Batavia, he took up a post in the office of the bookkeeper-general (boekhouder-generaal), for whom he deputed for a long time, and whom he succeeded in 1657. Meanwhile, he had married the fifteen-year-old Petronella Maria Wonderaer, daughter to the receiver-general (ontvanger-generaal). In 1659, he was placed in charge of the company's clerical and administrative staff (kapitein over de compagnie pennisten) in Batavia. In 1661, he became schepen van Batavia (a sort of alderman post connected with local government there).
Career
On 12 June 1663, Cornelis Speelman was appointed governor and director of
He became a full Counsellor of the Indies on 23 March 1671. The following year he was admiral of a fleet sent against the French. In December 1676, he led an expedition to Central Java, supporting the ruler of Mataram who was facing the Trunajaya rebellion. On Java's East Coast, he went to war against the rebel leader Trunajaya. It took some time before peace was re-established. He was called back to Batavia at the end of 1677 and on 18 January 1678 named First Counsellor and Director-General of the Indies (Eerste Raad en Directeur-Generaal van Indië). Also in that year he was appointed president of the College van Schepenen (to do with local government) in Batavia. On 29 October 1680 he was named governor-general, a post he took up on 25 November 1681, succeeding Rijckloff van Goens.
During the term of office of Cornelis Speelman as governor-general, the
Sources
- Site in Dutch dedicated to the VOC [2] Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië, part Soek-Zij.
- Putten, L.P. van, 2002. – Ambitie en onvermogen : gouverneurs-generaal van Nederlands-Indië 1610–1796.