Adriaan van Kervel ( 1681 – 19 September 1737) was the
governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
of the
Dutch Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and its successive states that the colony was inco ...
from 31 August 1737 to 19 September 1737. After only three weeks of serving as the Governor he died and
Daniël van den Henghel
Daniël van den Henghel (born 1699) was a Dutch East India Company, VOC official, fiscal and acting governor at the Dutch Cape Colony, Cape.
Career at the Cape Colony
Van den Henghel arrived at the Dutch Cape Colony, Cape in March 1731 from Dutc ...
was appointed in an acting capacity.
Career
Van Kervel arrived at the Cape on 3 February 1708, where he became an assistant in the secretariat of the Council of Policy. He was a member of the Council of Justice and in 1717 he was appointed secretary to the Council of Policy. In 1725 he succeeded Cornelis van Beaumont as fiscal and was promoted to the rank of secunde (second in command or deputy governor). From 1726 to 1727, he was the chairman of the orphan chamber and again from 1730 to 1737.
When Governor
Jan de la Fontaine
Jan de la Fontaine ( 1684 – 6 May 1743) was governor of the Cape from 1729 to 1737, after also acting as governor in 1724 to 1727.
Career
De la Fontaine started his career with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1708 when he was sent to Ba ...
retired from office in 1737, the Lords XVII (
Heren XVII
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock co ...
) appointed Van Kervel as his successor. He took office on 31 August 1737 but died less than three weeks, after a brief illness.
Personal
Van Kervel was the third child of Johannes van Kervel and his wife Anna Koene and was baptized at
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
on 23 July 1681. His eldest brother, Gerard, was the Governor of the
East Coast of Java. Van Kervel married Aletta Corsenaar on 14 June 1716 at the Cape and they had five children.
See also
*
1730s in South Africa {{Year in South Africa, 1730s
The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa.
Events
1730
* The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar
* The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inla ...
References
Governors of the Cape Colony
1737 deaths
1681 births
Governors of the Dutch Cape Colony
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