Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a governor of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office.[1]
Isaak Augustijn Rumpf | |
|---|---|
| 18th Governor of Dutch Ceylon | |
| In office 5 December 1716 – 21 June 1723 | |
| Preceded by | Hendrik Bekker |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Moll acting governor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 21, 1673 The Hague |
| Died | June 11, 1723 Colombo |
Family life
editRumpf (sometimes spelled Rumph) was the son of the diplomat Christiaan Constantijn Rumpf (1633, The Hague – 1706, Stockholm) and Elisabeth Pierrat de Longueville (1646–1675). He obtained a Doctor of Laws degree at Leiden University and left for the Indies early in 1707. En route, on 26 June 1707 in Cape Town,[1] he married Gijsberta Joanna Blesius (born 1686, Cape Town). Isaak and Gijsberta had a daughter Susanna. Gijsberta remarried in 1726 as widow Rumpf with Mr. Everhard Kraayvanger of Macassar, Advocate Fiscaal of India.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Dutch Governors". Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Mr Isaac Augustin Rumpf" in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume XVIII (1903–1905), pp. 326–327.