Librecht Jan Temminck
Librecht Jan Temminck | |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
| In office 11 January 1823 – 6 May 1823 | |
| Monarch | William I of the Netherlands |
| Preceded by | Friedrich Last |
| Succeeded by | Willem Poolman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1781 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | (aged 78) Pati Regency, Central Java |
| Spouse | Maria Jacoba Suerdfeger |
Librecht Jan Temminck (circa 1781 – 22 January 1859) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served both on the Gold Coast and in the Dutch East Indies.
Biography
Librecht Jan Temminck was born in Amsterdam to Adriaan Matthijs Temminck and Petronella Cornelia Hooreman. He was baptised on 28 January 1781 in the Noorderkerk in Amsterdam.[1]
Temminck married Maria Jacoba Suerdfeger in Hasselt, Overijssel on 19 September 1802. The couple had at least eight children. By 1812, the family was living in Kampen, where Temminck was a police commissioner.[2][3][4] For some reason he joined the Dutch colonial administration on the Gold Coast in the early 1820s. After commander Friedrich Last went on European leave on 11 January 1823, Temminck succeeded him as acting commander. Temminck served until Willem Poolman arrived to succeed him.[5]
Temminck seems to have continued his career in the Dutch East Indies. In June 1830, he was made president of the orphans' court in Semarang, after having previously served as head commissioner of police in Batavia.[6][7] In 1837, Temminck was indicted for "theft of the nation's wealth" (Dutch: landsdieverij) by the procurator fiscal at the Council of Justice in Semarang. He was sentenced to a high fine and banishment from the Dutch East Indies on 2 June 1837. On appeal, the Supreme Court of the Dutch East Indies left the fine in place, but instead of banishing Temminck from the Dutch East Indies, the court declared him "infamous" (Dutch: eerloos) and sentenced him to five years imprisonment.[8][9] Temminck only had to serve part of his prison sentence and requested the king William II of the Netherlands on 20 April 1841 to "remove the stain of infamy" from his record. The king granted this request by royal decree number 62 of 5 July 1842.[10]
Temminck retired in January 1846,[11][12] and died on 22 January 1859 in Pati Regency, Central Java.[13]
Notes
- ^ "Doop op 28 januari 1781 te Amsterdam (Noorderkerk)". openarch.nl. Doopboek Amsterdam. 28 January 1781. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Mr G. J. van Wijhe (13 April 1819). "Transport van onroerend goed, aktenummer 1075". kampennotarieel.nl. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Mr G. J. van Wijhe (25 October 1821). "Royement, aktenummer 1447". kampennotarieel.nl. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Mr G. J. van Wijhe (25 October 1821). "Royement, aktenummer 1448". kampennotarieel.nl. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Baud 1930, p. 40.
- ^ "Door zijne Excellentie den Gouverneur Generaal in Rade, is de volgende dispositie genomen". Javasche Courant. Batavia. 10 June 1830. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Almanak van Nederlandsch-Indië voor het jaar 1833". Batavia: 's Lands Drukkerij. 1833.
- ^ Briët 2015, p. 128.
- ^ "Regterlijke uitspraken". Javasche Courant. Batavia. 27 September 1837. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Hugenholtz 2008, p. 82.
- ^ "Officieel gedeelte". Javasche Courant. Batavia. 7 January 1846. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Staatscourant No. 139. The Hague. 13 June 1846. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Almanak en naamregister van Nederlandsch-Indië voor 1860. Burgerlijke Stand". Batavia: 's Lands Drukkerij. 1860. p. 78.
References
- Baud, J.C. (1930). "Instructies en Bestuursreglementen nopens het beleid der regeering ter Kuste van Guinee". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië. 86 (1): 1–41. doi:10.1163/22134379-90001465.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Briët, C.P. (2015). Het Hooggerechtshof van Nederlands-Indië 1819-1848: Portret van een vergeten rechtscollege (PDF). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hugenholtz, W.R. (2008). Het Geheim van Paleis Kneuterdijk: de wekelijkse gesprekken van Koning Willem II met zijn minister J.C. Baud over het koloniale beleid en de herziening van de grondwet 1841-1848. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij. ISBN 9789067183192.
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