Geelvinck (" yellow finch") was a

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surname. The family died out in the early 19th century. Some notable members of the family include: * Jan Cornelis Geelvinck, the son of a merchant in beans and peas, and involved in the West India Company. He was the first in the family who became

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in Amsterdam. * Jan Cornelis's son

Cornelis Geelvinck Cornelis Geelvinck (15 November 1621, Amsterdam – 16 December 1689, Amsterdam) was important in the city administration of Amsterdam that arose after stadholder William III came to power in 1672, both as administrator, and as mayor in the years 16 ...

was also a burgomaster in Amsterdam and involved in the West India Company. * Cornelis's son Albert Geelvinck was a lawyer and involved in Surinam. He married a rich orphan, Sara Hinlopen, the daughter of

Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen (10 May 1626 – 4 September 1666) was a rich Dutch cloth merchant, an officer in the civic guard, a real estate developer in the Jordaan, alderman in the city council and a keen art collector. He would have been electe ...

. The

Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis was situated from its opening 1991 till the end of 2015 in a canal-side mansion, the Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This patrician mansion, close to the Rembrandtplein, was built for Albert G ...

is named after this couple. * Cornelis's eldest son

Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707) Joan Geelvinck (7 July 1644 – 21 May 1707) was a Dutch merchant and politician who followed his father Cornelis and younger brother Albert on the city council of Amsterdam. Geelvinck was born in Amsterdam. In 1663 he became an ensign, in 1 ...

, a merchant and politician, who was allowed by the

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to baptize the ''Geelvink'', one of the three ships under the command of

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who had orders to explore the Australian west coast in 1696. The

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on the west coast of Australia received its name. The Geelvink Bay and the Geelvink Islands near

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were discovered in 1705. Also the

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, the

Geelvink pygmy parrot The Geelvink pygmy parrot (''Micropsitta geelvinkiana'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae endemic to Biak and Numfoor islands in Western New Guinea. The name Geelvink comes from a Dutch ship and family called Geelvinck. It has t ...

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and Geelvink pygmy tree frog carry the name of the ship. * Joan's son Lieve Geelvinck was a burgomaster and married in 1730 the richest woman in Amsterdam. Lieve was a powerful republican; in 1734 the prince

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and his wife Anna of Hanover left the city of Amsterdam within an hour, after being received by him. * Lieve's son,

Nicolaes Geelvinck Nicolaes Geelvinck (11 October 1706, in Amsterdam – 15 June 1764, in Amsterdam) was lord of Castricum, Bakkum, Santpoort, Velsen, Stabroek, schepen, and owner of the country estate Akerendam-by-Beverwijk. He was appointed as mayor of Amsterdam ...

, married in 1729 the daughter of the richest woman in Amsterdam. He was married three times. Helped by his father-in-law, he became mayor of Amsterdam in 1748. Within a few months one third of the

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was removed by the

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. Geelvinck also lost his seat in the

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, despite widespread expectations that he would lead reforms. ''

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'', a painting by

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, was given to him by his great-aunt Sara Hinlopen. * Nicolaes's son

Nicolaas Geelvinck Nicolaas Geelvinck (3 June 1732, Amsterdam – 7 December 1787, The Hague), son of Nicolaes Geelvinck, Lord of Stabroek, was President of the Dutch West India Company from 1764 until 1787. In 1764, Nicolaas Geelvinck became ''schepen'' (alderman) ...

, lord of

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, was an administrator of the West India Company; between 1784 and 1812 Georgetown in

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was called Stabroek. * In 1756 Nicolaes's son Lieve married Catharina Elisabeth Hasselaer, the daughter of a diplomat. In 1757 he died. The widow Geelvinck was a close friend of

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and

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, who called her "la belle veuve". * Nicolaes's son

Joan Geelvinck (1737–1802) Joan Geelvinck (Amsterdam, 7 August 1737 - Amsterdam, 2 July 1802) was, in 1787, mayor of Amsterdam for scarcely six months. He came to offices after two Orangist mayors were ejected in a radical way. Hendrik Daniëlsz Hooft, the father of Joa ...

, was a

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and in 1787 a burgomaster for only five months. He fled to Paris and joined

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. * Joan's daughter Maria Petronella Geelvinck (1769-1831), married in 1787 Anton Tschiffely (1759-1824), until 1785 in the Dutch military service. Maria Petronella moved with him to Switzerland and took a painting with her by

Gabriël Metsu Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works. He was "a highly eclectic artist, who did not adhere to a consistent style, technique, or one type of subject for long periods". On ...

. Tschiffely, since 1795 a member of the

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city council, used the title Lord of Stabroek. In 1832 the painting was sold by her inheritants to the

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.Gent, J. van, (1998) Portretten van Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen en zijn familie door Gabriël Metsu en Bartholomeus van der Helst. In: Oud Holland 112, p. 133. (in Dutch)

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