Hendrik Swellengrebel
Hendrik Swellengrebel | |
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8th Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony | |
In office 14 April 1739 – 27 February 1751 | |
Preceded by | Daniël van den Henghel (acting) |
Succeeded by | Ryk Tulbagh |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 September 1700 Cape Town |
Died | 26 December 1760(1760-12-26) (aged 60) Utrecht, Netherlands |
Spouse(s) | Helena Wilhelmina ten Damme Helena van Ruyven |
Hendrik Swellengrebel (Cape Town, 20 September 1700 – Utrecht, 26 December 1760) was the first and only Dutch East India Company governor of the Dutch Cape Colony who was born in the Cape.[1]
Life
Swellengrebel was governor from 14 April 1739 to 27 February 1751. In his time, new districts were added to the colony. The town of Swellendam in the Western Cape is named after him and his wife Helena Wilhelmina ten Damme.[2]
In 1751 he was succeeded as governor by Ryk Tulbagh. Upon return to the Netherlands, he bought the land now known as the Kaapse Bossen (Cape Forests) in Utrecht.
References
- ^ Boucher, M. "Swellengrebel, Hendrik". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ South African Genealogies Vol 12. Genealogical Institute of South Africa. Stellenbosch: Genealogical Institute of South Africa. 2005. p. 585. ISBN 0-7969-0370-0. OCLC 18051341.
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Commanders and Governors of the Dutch Cape Colony
1652–1691
- Jan van Riebeeck
- Zacharias Wagenaer
- Cornelis van Quaelberg
- Jacob Borghorst
- Pieter Hackius
- Albert van Breugel
- IJsbrand Godske
- Johan Bax van Herenthals
- Hendrik Crudop
- Simon van der Stel
1691–1795
- Simon van der Stel
- Willem Adriaan van der Stel
- Johan Cornelis d'Ableing
- Louis van Assenburgh
- Willem Helot
- Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes
- Jan de la Fontaine
- Pieter Gysbert Noodt
- Jan de la Fontaine
- Adriaan van Kervel
- Daniël van den Henghel
- Hendrik Swellengrebel
- Ryk Tulbagh
- Joachim van Plettenberg
- Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn
- Joachim van Plettenberg
- Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
- Johan Isaac Rhenius
- Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh & Simon Hendrik Frijkenius
- Abraham Josias Sluysken
Those in italics were Acting Governors