Hendrik Doijer Explained

Hendrik Doijer
Office:Mayor of Woerden
Term Start:1873
Term End:1883
Predecessor:Johannes Nolen
Successor:Matthijs Willem Schalij
Office1:Mayor of Zoeterwoude
Term Start1:1871
Term End1:1873
Predecessor1:Pieter van Outeren
Successor1:Hendrik Hemmingson
Office2:Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast
Status2:ad interim
Monarch2:William III of the Netherlands
Term Start2:13 June 1864
Term End2:7 December 1864
Predecessor2:Carel van Hien
Successor2:Henri Alexander Elias
Birth Date:1830 9, df=y
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Velp, Netherlands
Spouse:Sandrina Christina Enschedé

Hendrik Doijer Jzn (born 14 September 1830 – 13 April 1906) was a Dutch politician, who first made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast and who became interim governor during the European leave of governor Henri Alexander Elias on 13 June 1864, upon the death of his interim predecessor Carel van Hien. He later became mayor of Zoeterwoude and Woerden.

Biography

Doijer was born in Amsterdam to painter Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer and Petronella Evekink.

Hendrik Doijer established himself as a merchant on the Gold Coast in 1851, joining his brother Huibert, who had been an agent for H. van Rijckevorsel & Co. since 1849. In 1853, Hendrik and Huibert founded the company Doijer Brothers in Elmina. Unlike his brother Huibert, who always remained a private merchant, Hendrik joined the Dutch colonial administration in 1856.

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