Pieter Merkus
Pieter Merkus | |
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![]() Portrait by Jan Willem Pieneman | |
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
In office 1841–1844 | |
Preceded by | Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp |
Succeeded by | Joan Cornelis Reynst |
Personal details | |
Born | Naarden, Dutch Republic | 18 March 1787
Died | 2 August 1844 Surabaya, Dutch East Indies | (aged 57)
Pieter Merkus (18 March 1787 – 2 August 1844) was a Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1841 to 1844.[1] He also served as governor of the Molucca Islands.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Dutch) Mr. P. (Pieter) Merkus, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 17 January 2015.
- ^ Accounts and papers, Volume 21; Volume 26 by Great Britain House of Commons pages 71, 72
External links
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