Paul van der Veen Does (c. 1660 - 16 August 1733,

Gorcum Gorinchem ( or ), also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It had a population of in . The municipality of Gorinchem a ...

) was from 1696 to 1706 governor of Surinam, succeeding

Johan van Scharphuizen Joan or Johan van Scharphuysen, Scharphuizen or Jan van Scherpenhuizen (died 15 January 1699) was a Dutch colonist, a judge in Suriname (Dutch colony), Suriname, a slave-trader, colonial governor from 1689 to 1696 on behalf of the Society of Surin ...

. The next twenty-five years, until his death, he was a member of the board of the Society of Surinam. He was the son of Balthasar van der Veen and Susanna Pels. His uncle was

Andries Pels Andries Pels (2 September 1655, in Amsterdam – 8 February 1731) was a rich Dutch banker and insurer from Amsterdam. He was the banker of France in the era of John Law. He was nephew of his namesake, poet Andries Pels, and cousin to the colon ...

, a rich Amsterdam banker and insurer. He married Anna van Gelre, a mayor's daughter from

Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zieri ...

. His brother-in-law was Andries Boxel.

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1660 births 1733 deaths Governors of Suriname People from Gorinchem {{Netherlands-bio-stub