Responsible for the charter of 1801, known as Nederburgh's charter when The Netherlands took over the Dutch East India Company. He authored the Dutch colonial policy for the Dutch East Indies regarding all government policies from tariffs to how the Dutch Indies would be ruled. Was a conservative, trusted lawyer for the East India Company. In 1791 he sailed for Jakarta, as Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. He left his wife and four children behind returning in 1800. While in the East Indies he fathered a son with a woman he lived with. He sailed back to The Netherlands with his son and educated him but refused to let him have the name Nederburgh. He fathered two more children upon his return with his wife. He was a father of seven including the son he brought back. He was forty nine years old when he died. at his home, House Oostduin at Zandambacht, a place near s'Gravenzande. Was buried August 7, 1811, Grave number 60 -61. He was reburied, October 6, 1812, grave number 62. (Thank you Frederik H.K. van Andel for this cemetery information.) He was married to Elisabeth Gertrudy Scheltus, (1767-1822)
Responsible for the charter of 1801, known as Nederburgh's charter when The Netherlands took over the Dutch East India Company. He authored the Dutch colonial policy for the Dutch East Indies regarding all government policies from tariffs to how the Dutch Indies would be ruled. Was a conservative, trusted lawyer for the East India Company. In 1791 he sailed for Jakarta, as Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. He left his wife and four children behind returning in 1800. While in the East Indies he fathered a son with a woman he lived with. He sailed back to The Netherlands with his son and educated him but refused to let him have the name Nederburgh. He fathered two more children upon his return with his wife. He was a father of seven including the son he brought back. He was forty nine years old when he died. at his home, House Oostduin at Zandambacht, a place near s'Gravenzande. Was buried August 7, 1811, Grave number 60 -61. He was reburied, October 6, 1812, grave number 62. (Thank you Frederik H.K. van Andel for this cemetery information.) He was married to Elisabeth Gertrudy Scheltus, (1767-1822)
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