List of Governors or Kommandeurs, between 1631 to now.[1][2][3]
Years |
Name |
Commander |
1631–1633 |
Jan Claeszoon van Campen. |
Spanish Governors |
1633–1636 |
Cibrian de Lizarazu. |
1636–1638 |
Luis de Valdes. |
1638–1647 |
Diego Guajardo Fajardo. |
Commanders |
14 Feb 1648 - 1650 |
Martin Thomas |
1650–1655 |
Adriaen de Vos |
1655–1660 |
Edmondt de Fosse |
1667 ? |
Jan Sympson ? |
1672 ? |
Jan Simonszoon de Buck |
Governors |
1672 ? - 1672 |
Laurent de Maynie (a French gentleman) |
1672–1679 |
.................... First British invasion during the Third Anglo-Dutch War . |
1679- ? |
.... ??? |
1685–1689 |
chevalier de Rionville (French) |
1690–1697 |
.................... Second British occupation during the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg) war. |
1699–1701 |
Jean Dyel du Parquet (French) |
1701–1702 |
Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière (French) |
Vice-commanders |
1703 - 170x |
Lucas van Beverhoudt |
1705 ? |
Olivier Graval |
1708?- 1710 |
Charles Devezaen |
1710–1712 |
François Lemaire (French) |
1712–1713 |
Jean Buretel |
1713–1718 |
Martinus Meyer (1st time) |
1718–1720 |
Louis Guillaume Durepaire (French) |
1720–1722 |
Jan de Windt, Sr. |
1722–1733 |
Martinus Meyer (2nd time) |
1733–1735 |
Jacobus Barry |
1735–1736 |
John Philips (1st time) |
1736–1737 |
Pieter Hassell |
1737–1746 |
John Philips (2nd time) |
1746–1748 |
Jan de Wever |
1748–1781 |
Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781 |
......................... Third British invasion during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. |
Governors |
1781–1783 |
Abraham Heijliger Pzn. |
1783–1784 |
Charles Chabert, Jr. |
Vice-commanders |
1784–1785 |
Thomas Aertsen |
1785–1786 |
John Salomons Gibbes |
Commanders |
1786 - Jan 1790 |
John Salomons Gibbes |
10 Jun 1790 - 1800 |
Willem Hendrik Rink (1st time) |
29 Apr 1795 - 1797 |
La Bruyère -Commissioner (French) |
1797–1801 |
P.Ch. Dormoy -Commissioner (French) |
1800–1801 |
Remt Folkerus Muller |
1801 |
Bresson -Commissioner |
1801 - 24 Mar 1801 |
Willem Hendrik Rink (2nd time) |
24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1802 |
..... Fourth British occupation during the War of the Second Coalition. (Cdt. Robert Nicholson). |
1 Dec 1802 - 1807 |
Willem Hendrik Rink (3rd time) |
1807–1810 |
Jan Verveer Jzn. |
1810–1813 |
John Skinner (b. c.1750 - d. 1827) |
Fifth British occupation : during the Napoleonic Wars. |
1813–1814 |
(British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (1st time) |
1814–1815 |
(British) Major General William McCaskill (b.175?-d.1815) |
1815 |
(British) General James Alexander Farquharson (b.1775-d.1834), (2nd time) |
1815 |
(British) Officer Francis Edden |
1815–1816 |
(British) Lt. General Robert Douglas. |
Lieutenant Governors (gezaghebbers) |
1816–1820 |
Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (d. 1831) |
1820–1840 |
Diederik Johannes van Romondt |
1840–1849 |
Johannes Willem van Romondt |
1849–1850 |
Pieter Petersen |
1850–1859 |
Johannes Didericus Crol |
1859–1860 |
Lucas Percival |
1860–1865 |
Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896) |
1865–1866 |
Philogène Philippe Maillard |
1866–1870 |
Herman François Gerardus Wagner (b. 1822 - d. 1904) |
1870–1871 |
Robert van Romondt (acting) |
1871–1883 |
Edouard Dénis Ernest van den Bossche (b. 1831 - d. 1908) |
1883 |
Diederik Charles van Romondt (1st time) (acting) |
1883–1885 |
Jan Hendrik Rudeloff Beaujon (b. 1838 - d. 1930) |
1885–1889 |
Theophilus Georg Groebe (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
1889–1891 |
Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen (b. 1842 - d. 1899) |
1891–1893 |
Frans Johannes Olivier |
1893–1894 |
Diederik Charles van Romondt (2nd time) (acting) |
1894–1901 |
Joseph Möller |
1901–1918 |
Abraham Jan Cornelis Brouwer (b. 18.. - d. 1919) |
1918–1919 |
Frits Koenraad Thielen (acting) |
1919–1920 |
G.J. Tijmstra (acting) |
1920 |
A.W. de Haseth (acting) |
1920–1923 |
J. van der Zee Rz. (acting) |
1923–1927 |
Richard Johannes Beaujon, Jr. (b. 1883 - d. 19..) |
1927 |
C.F. Boskaljon (acting) |
1927–1930 |
Willem Frederik Meinhardt Lampe (b. 1896 - d. 1973) (acting) |
1930–1943 |
Johan Diderich Meiners |
1943–1947 |
Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen (b. 1893 - d. ....) |
1947–1948 |
M.J. Huith (acting) |
1948–1957 |
Johannes Christiaan Paap |
1957 |
Walter Granville Buncamper (1st time) (acting) |
1957–1958 |
Hendrik Anthonius Hessling (acting) |
1958–1959 |
Walter Granville Buncamper (2nd time) (acting) |
1959–1968 |
Jan Jacob Japa Beaujon |
1968–1975 |
Reinier O. van Delden (acting to 1969) |
1975–1981 |
Theodore M. Pandt |
1981–1982 |
Ralph R.H. Richardson (b. 1937) |
1992–1994 |
Wilfred Russell Voges (b. 1943) |
Sep 1994 - 12 Sep 2000 |
Dennis L. Richardson (b. 1946) |
22 Sep 2000-2010 |
Franklyn E. Richards (b. 1950) |
Oct 2010- (now) |
Eugene Holiday (b. 1962-). |
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