Johan van Angelbeek
Johan van Angelbeek | |
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British governors of Ceylon | |
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| Born | 1727 Wittmund, East Frisia, HRE |
| Died | 2 September 1799 (aged 72) Colombo, Ceylon |
| Spouse | Jacomina Lever |
| Children | Christina Elizabeth van Angelbeek, Christiaan van Angelbeek |
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Johan Gerard van Angelbeek (1727 – 2 September 1799)
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In 1783, Van Angelbeek was made governor of Malabar, and in 1787 was appointed as the governor of all Dutch India. In 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars, Van Angelbeek took command of the Dutch colony of Ceylon, and was in command when a British expeditionary force arrived the following year. Most of the Dutch ports fell rapidly, Colombo the last to surrender in February 1796. He remained in Colombo during the British occupation, dying in 1799. He was the last Dutch governor of the colony as the British retained it for 152 years. He was married to Jacomina Lever and had two children, both his son Christian and his son-in-law Willem Jacob van de Graaf, husband of his daughter Christina Elisabeth van Angelbeek,[4] were prominent in the administration of the Dutch Indian Ocean colonies.[3]
References
- ^ Angelbeek, Johan Gerard van in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
- JSTOR 23728502.
- ^ a b Van Angelbeek, Johan Gerard Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Under a Tropical Sun, Macquarie University, Retrieved 9 May 2012
- JSTOR 23728502.
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