Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a

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of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office.

Family life

Rumpf (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

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early in 1707. En route, on 26 June 1707 in

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!--tough one to find;-)--> 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 Makassar, Macassar, Advocate Fiscaal of India."Mr Isaac Augustin Rumpf"
in the ''Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'', Volume XVIII (1903–1905), pp. 326–327.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rumpf, Isaac Augustijn 1673 births 1723 deaths 18th-century Dutch people Dutch expatriates in Sri Lanka Governors of Dutch Ceylon Leiden University alumni People from The Hague