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{{Short description|Dutch civil servant}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Anthony van der Eb
|name = Anthony van der Eb
|image =
|image =
|office = [[List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast|Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast]]
|office = [[List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast|Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast]]
|monarch = [[William III of the Netherlands]]<br />William II of the Netherlands
|monarch = [[William III of the Netherlands]]<br />[[William II of the Netherlands]]
|term_start = 10 July 1847
|term_start = 10 July 1847
|term_end = 21 September 1852
|term_end = 21 September 1852
|predecessor = [[Hendrik Bosch]]
|predecessor = [[Willem George Frederik Derx]]
|successor = [[Willem George Frederik Derx]]
|successor = [[Hero Schomerus]]
|monarch2 = William II of the Netherlands
|monarch2 = William II of the Netherlands<br />[[William I of the Netherlands]]
|term_start2 = 11 March 1840
|term_start2 = 11 March 1840
|term_end2 = 9 June 1846
|term_end2 = 9 June 1846
|predecessor2 = [[Willem George Frederik Derx]]
|predecessor2 = [[Hendrik Bosch]]
|successor2 = [[Hero Schomerus]]
|successor2 = [[Willem George Frederik Derx]]
|status3 = ''[[ad interim]]''
|status3 = ''ad interim''
|monarch3 = William II of the Netherlands
|monarch3 = William I of the Netherlands
|term_start3 = 29 October 1837
|term_start3 = 29 October 1837
|term_end3 = 5 August 1838
|term_end3 = 5 August 1838
|predecessor3 = [[Hendrik Tonneboeijer]]
|predecessor3 = [[Hendrik Tonneboeijer]]
|successor3 = [[Hendrik Bosch]]
|successor3 = [[Hendrik Bosch]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1813|1|3}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1813|1|3}}
|birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
|birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
|death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1852|9|21|1813|1|3}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1852|9|21|1813|1|3}}
|death_place = [[Elmina]], [[Dutch Gold Coast]]
|death_place = [[Elmina]], [[Dutch Gold Coast]]
|party =
|party =
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'''Anthony van der Eb''' (3 January 1813&nbsp;– 21 September 1852) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] civil servant, who made a career in the administration on the [[Dutch Gold Coast]].
'''Anthony van der Eb''' (born 3 January 1813&nbsp;– 21 September 1852) was a Dutch civil servant, who made a career in the administration on the [[Dutch Gold Coast]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Van der Eb was born in [[Rotterdam]] on 3 January 1813 to Hendrik van der Eb and Marianne Jacoba Lessueur.<ref name="GCDB">{{cite web |url=http://gcdb.doortmontweb.org/getperson.php?personID=I231&tree=Africa |title=van der Eb, Anthonie |author=Michel Doortmont |date= |work=GoldCoastDataBase |publisher= |accessdate=22 September 2013}} {{Registration required|date=September 2016}}</ref> On 5 October 1833, he was installed as assistant, with the military rank of second lieutenant, to the Dutch Gold Coast. After Acting Commander [[Hendrik Tonneboeijer]] died during the [[Dutch–Ahanta War]], the young Van der Eb became Acting Commander himself between 1837 and 1838. When [[major general]] [[Jan Verveer]] visited the Gold Coast to avenge the Ahanta and to reform the government of the colony, he wrote the following about Van der Eb:<ref name="GCDB" />
Van der Eb was born in [[Rotterdam]] on 3 January 1813 to Hendrik van der Eb and Marianne Jacoba Lessueur.<ref name="GCDB">{{cite web |url=http://gcdb.doortmontweb.org/getperson.php?personID=I231&tree=Africa |title=van der Eb, Anthonie |author=Michel Doortmont |work=GoldCoastDataBase |access-date=22 September 2013}} {{Registration required|date=September 2016}}</ref> On 5 October 1833, he was installed as assistant, with the military rank of second lieutenant, to the Dutch Gold Coast. After Acting Commander [[Hendrik Tonneboeijer]] died during the [[Dutch–Ahanta War]], the young Van der Eb became Acting Commander himself between 1837 and 1838. When [[major general]] [[Jan Verveer]] visited the Gold Coast to avenge the Ahanta and to reform the government of the colony, he wrote the following about Van der Eb:<ref name="GCDB" />


{{quote|This civil servant is by approximation 25 years old and is of good behaviour, but has few mental capacities and even less education to be regarded as useful for matters of importance in public service. Moreover, the tradesman's spirit has taken such root in Mr Van der Eb and the trade has made him so much profit that it is doubtful that he would accept the position of governor of this colony if it were under the condition of giving up his personal trade. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that his service on the Coast has given him some experience, which should be made of use now the colony's government has been completely replaced.|Major general J. Verveer|<ref>Original in Dutch: "Deeze Ambtenaar is, naar gissing, ongeveer 25 jaren oud, en van een goed gedrag; maar bezit weinig geest vermogens en minder nog genoegzame aangeleerde kennis om voor zaaken van eenig belang, den publieken dienst betreffende, meer dan middelmatig bruikbaar te kunnen worden geacht. Bovendien is de handelgeest bij den Heer van der Eb, reeds zoo diep ingeworteld en heeft voor hem zoo veel succes gehadt dat het ten eenenmale te betwijfelen is of hij, onder de bepaling van geen handel te mogen drijven, zelfs de eerste functien bij het Koloniaal bestuur wel zou aannemen. Het is niet te min, niet te ontkennen, dat zijn verblijf ter Kuste hem eenige ervaring heeft gegeven, waarvan, voornamelijk uit oorzaak van het nu bij naar geheel nieuw zamenstel der regering en administratie ter Kuste, altoos aanvankelijk partij zal moeten worden getrokken."</ref>}}
{{blockquote|This civil servant is by approximation 25 years old and is of good behaviour, but has few mental capacities and even less education to be regarded as useful for matters of importance in public service. Moreover, the tradesman's spirit has taken such root in Mr Van der Eb and the trade has made him so much profit that it is doubtful that he would accept the position of governor of this colony if it were under the condition of giving up his personal trade. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that his service on the Coast has given him some experience, which should be made of use now the colony's government has been completely replaced.|Major general J. Verveer|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.10.01/invnr/1148/file/NL-HaNA_2.10.01_1148_0375 |title=Archief van het Ministerie van Koloniën, 1814-1849, nummer toegang 2.10.01, inventarisnummer 1148, verbaal 16 maart 1838, no. 23 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 March 1838 |website=nationaalarchief.nl |publisher=Nationaal Archief |access-date=13 September 2023 |quote=Deeze Ambtenaar is, naar gissing, ongeveer 25 jaren oud, en van een goed gedrag; maar bezit weinig geest vermogens en minder nog genoegzame aangeleerde kennis om voor zaaken van eenig belang, den publieken dienst betreffende, meer dan middelmatig bruikbaar te kunnen worden geacht. Bovendien is de handelgeest bij den Heer van der Eb, reeds zoo diep ingeworteld en heeft voor hem zoo veel succes gehadt dat het ten eenenmale te betwijfelen is of hij, onder de bepaling van geen handel te mogen drijven, zelfs de eerste functien bij het Koloniaal bestuur wel zou aannemen. Het is niet te min, niet te ontkennen, dat zijn verblijf ter Kuste hem eenige ervaring heeft gegeven, waarvan, voornamelijk uit oorzaak van het nu bij naar geheel nieuw zamenstel der regering en administratie ter Kuste, altoos aanvankelijk partij zal moeten worden getrokken.}}</ref>}}


Even though Verveer's report was not entirely positive, Van der Eb was installed as Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree on 11 March 1840. He was licensed to conduct private trade in 1842 and quickly becomes the head agent for the [[Rotterdam]] firm of H. van Rijckevorsel and ordinary agent for the [[Amsterdam]] firm of J. Boelen & Co.<ref name="GCDB" />
Even though Verveer's report was not entirely positive, Van der Eb was installed as Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree on 11 March 1840. He was licensed to conduct private trade in 1842 and quickly became the head agent for the [[Rotterdam]] firm of H. van Rijckevorsel and ordinary agent for the [[Amsterdam]] firm of J. Boelen & Co.<ref name="GCDB" />


Van der Eb is granted leave for six months in 1846, and leaves the Gold Coast on 9 July. His leave is eventually extended until 31 March 1847, and he arrived back on the Gold Coast on 10 July of the said year.<ref name="GCDB" />
Van der Eb was granted leave for six months in 1846, and left the Gold Coast on 9 July. His leave was eventually extended until 31 March 1847, and he arrived back on the Gold Coast on 10 July of the said year.<ref name="GCDB" />


On 7 November 1847, he sentenced the Elminese trader [[Adjua Gyapiaba]] to lifelong banishment in the East or West Indies for "serious calumnies and diatribes against the Dutch Government, the Elminese African government and the whole population of this place."{{sfn|Baesjou|1979|p=49}}
On 7 November 1847, he sentenced the Elminese trader [[Adjua Gyapiaba]] to lifelong banishment in the East or West Indies for "serious calumnies and diatribes against the Dutch Government, the Elminese African government and the whole population of this place."{{sfn|Baesjou|1979|p=49}}


Van der Eb is then requested by the Dutch government to compile a compendium of local laws and customs, a task which he delegated to a subordinate. The compendium was eventually submitted to the Ministry of Colonies in 1851.{{sfn|Baesjou|1979|p=29}} This work, which was subsequently published in 1931 in the ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië'', has been an important source for social scientists on the Gold Coast societies.{{sfn|Doortmont|Smit|2007|p=285}}{{sfn|van der Eb|1931}}
Van der Eb was requested by the Dutch government to compile a compendium of local laws and customs, a task which he delegated to a subordinate. The compendium was eventually submitted to the Ministry of Colonies in 1851.{{sfn|Baesjou|1979|p=29}} This work, which was subsequently published in 1931 in the ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië'', has been an important source for social scientists on the Gold Coast societies.{{sfn|Doortmont|Smit|2007|p=285}}{{sfn|van der Eb|1931}}


Van der Eb died in office, on 21 September 1852, in [[Elmina Castle]]. He is buried in the [[Dutch Cemetery, Elmina|Dutch cemetery of Elmina]].<ref name="GCDB" />
[[File:Hollandse begraafplaats, grafmonument A. van der Eb, kolonel gouverneur, 1813-1852 - 20652298 - RCE.jpg|thumb|Van der Eb's gravestone in the Dutch cemetery of Elmina.]]
Van der Eb died in office, on 21 September 1852, in [[Elmina Castle]]. He was buried in the [[Dutch Cemetery, Elmina|Dutch cemetery of Elmina]].<ref name="GCDB" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Van der Eb married Efua Henrietta Huydecoper, daughter of [[Willem Huydecoper]], a Euro-African civil servant for the Dutch government, who had acted as envoy of the Netherlands to the Ashanti Empire. After her death he remarried to Manza Henrietta Bartels, daughter of the prominent Euro-African merchant [[Carel Hendrik Bartels]].<ref name="GCDB" />
Van der Eb married Efua Henrietta Huydecoper, daughter of [[Willem Huydecoper]], a Euro-African civil servant for the Dutch government, who had acted as envoy of the [[Netherlands]] to the [[Ashanti Empire]]. After her death he remarried to Manza Henrietta Bartels, daughter of the prominent Euro-African merchant [[Carel Hendrik Bartels]].<ref name="GCDB" />


==Decorations==
==Decorations==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite journal |last=Baesjou |first=R. |year=1979 |title=Dutch 'irregular' jurisdiction on the 19th century Gold Coast |journal=African Perspectives |volume=1979 |issue=2 |pages=21–66 |doi= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite journal |last=Baesjou |first=R. |year=1979 |title=Dutch 'irregular' jurisdiction on the 19th century Gold Coast |journal=African Perspectives |volume=1979 |issue=2 |pages=21–66 }}
* {{cite book | last1=Doortmont | first1=Michel R. | authorlink= | last2=Smit | first2=Jinna | title=Sources for the mutual history of Ghana and the Netherlands. An annotated guide to the Dutch archives relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief, 1593-1960s | publisher=Brill | year=2007 | location= Leiden | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-SBwMhYAZw0C | isbn = 978-90-04-15850-4 | ref=harv }}
* {{cite book | last1=Doortmont | first1=Michel R. | last2=Smit | first2=Jinna | title=Sources for the mutual history of Ghana and the Netherlands. An annotated guide to the Dutch archives relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief, 1593-1960s | publisher=Brill | year=2007 | location= Leiden | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-SBwMhYAZw0C | isbn = 978-90-04-15850-4 }}
* {{cite journal |last=van der Eb |first=Anthony |year=1931 |title=Inboorlingenrecht van de Kust van Guinea 1851 |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |volume=88 |pages=287–313 |jstor=20770566 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite journal |last=van der Eb |first=Anthony |year=1931 |title=Inboorlingenrecht van de Kust van Guinea 1851 |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië |volume=88 |pages=287–313 |doi=10.1163/22134379-90001453 |jstor=20770566 |doi-access=free }}


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Latest revision as of 18:54, 13 September 2023

Anthony van der Eb
Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
10 July 1847 – 21 September 1852
MonarchsWilliam III of the Netherlands
William II of the Netherlands
Preceded byWillem George Frederik Derx
Succeeded byHero Schomerus
In office
11 March 1840 – 9 June 1846
MonarchsWilliam II of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
Preceded byHendrik Bosch
Succeeded byWillem George Frederik Derx
ad interim
In office
29 October 1837 – 5 August 1838
MonarchWilliam I of the Netherlands
Preceded byHendrik Tonneboeijer
Succeeded byHendrik Bosch
Personal details
Born(1813-01-03)3 January 1813
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died21 September 1852(1852-09-21) (aged 39)
Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast
Spouse(s)Manza Henrietta Bartels
Efua Henrietta Huydecoper

Anthony van der Eb (born 3 January 1813 – 21 September 1852) was a Dutch civil servant, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast.

Biography

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Van der Eb was born in Rotterdam on 3 January 1813 to Hendrik van der Eb and Marianne Jacoba Lessueur.[1] On 5 October 1833, he was installed as assistant, with the military rank of second lieutenant, to the Dutch Gold Coast. After Acting Commander Hendrik Tonneboeijer died during the Dutch–Ahanta War, the young Van der Eb became Acting Commander himself between 1837 and 1838. When major general Jan Verveer visited the Gold Coast to avenge the Ahanta and to reform the government of the colony, he wrote the following about Van der Eb:[1]

This civil servant is by approximation 25 years old and is of good behaviour, but has few mental capacities and even less education to be regarded as useful for matters of importance in public service. Moreover, the tradesman's spirit has taken such root in Mr Van der Eb and the trade has made him so much profit that it is doubtful that he would accept the position of governor of this colony if it were under the condition of giving up his personal trade. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that his service on the Coast has given him some experience, which should be made of use now the colony's government has been completely replaced.

— Major general J. Verveer, [2]

Even though Verveer's report was not entirely positive, Van der Eb was installed as Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree on 11 March 1840. He was licensed to conduct private trade in 1842 and quickly became the head agent for the Rotterdam firm of H. van Rijckevorsel and ordinary agent for the Amsterdam firm of J. Boelen & Co.[1]

Van der Eb was granted leave for six months in 1846, and left the Gold Coast on 9 July. His leave was eventually extended until 31 March 1847, and he arrived back on the Gold Coast on 10 July of the said year.[1]

On 7 November 1847, he sentenced the Elminese trader Adjua Gyapiaba to lifelong banishment in the East or West Indies for "serious calumnies and diatribes against the Dutch Government, the Elminese African government and the whole population of this place."[3]

Van der Eb was requested by the Dutch government to compile a compendium of local laws and customs, a task which he delegated to a subordinate. The compendium was eventually submitted to the Ministry of Colonies in 1851.[4] This work, which was subsequently published in 1931 in the Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, has been an important source for social scientists on the Gold Coast societies.[5][6]

Van der Eb's gravestone in the Dutch cemetery of Elmina.

Van der Eb died in office, on 21 September 1852, in Elmina Castle. He was buried in the Dutch cemetery of Elmina.[1]

Personal life

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Van der Eb married Efua Henrietta Huydecoper, daughter of Willem Huydecoper, a Euro-African civil servant for the Dutch government, who had acted as envoy of the Netherlands to the Ashanti Empire. After her death he remarried to Manza Henrietta Bartels, daughter of the prominent Euro-African merchant Carel Hendrik Bartels.[1]

Decorations

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Michel Doortmont. "van der Eb, Anthonie". GoldCoastDataBase. Retrieved 22 September 2013. (registration required)
  2. ^ "Archief van het Ministerie van Koloniën, 1814-1849, nummer toegang 2.10.01, inventarisnummer 1148, verbaal 16 maart 1838, no. 23". nationaalarchief.nl. Nationaal Archief. 1 March 1838. Retrieved 13 September 2023. Deeze Ambtenaar is, naar gissing, ongeveer 25 jaren oud, en van een goed gedrag; maar bezit weinig geest vermogens en minder nog genoegzame aangeleerde kennis om voor zaaken van eenig belang, den publieken dienst betreffende, meer dan middelmatig bruikbaar te kunnen worden geacht. Bovendien is de handelgeest bij den Heer van der Eb, reeds zoo diep ingeworteld en heeft voor hem zoo veel succes gehadt dat het ten eenenmale te betwijfelen is of hij, onder de bepaling van geen handel te mogen drijven, zelfs de eerste functien bij het Koloniaal bestuur wel zou aannemen. Het is niet te min, niet te ontkennen, dat zijn verblijf ter Kuste hem eenige ervaring heeft gegeven, waarvan, voornamelijk uit oorzaak van het nu bij naar geheel nieuw zamenstel der regering en administratie ter Kuste, altoos aanvankelijk partij zal moeten worden getrokken.
  3. ^ Baesjou 1979, p. 49.
  4. ^ Baesjou 1979, p. 29.
  5. ^ Doortmont & Smit 2007, p. 285.
  6. ^ van der Eb 1931.

References

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