Isaak Augustijn Rumpf Explained

Isaak Augustijn Rumpf
Order:18th
Office:Governor of Dutch Ceylon
Term Start:5 December 1716
Term End:21 June 1723
Predecessor:Hendrik Bekker
Successor:Arnold Moll
acting governor
Birth Date:21 November 1673
Birth Place:The Hague
Death Place:Colombo

Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a governor of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office.[1]

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 Indies early in 1707. En route, on 26 June 1707 in Cape Town,https://books.google.com/books?id=Bl5UAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA398 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 Macassar, Advocate Fiscaal of India.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cahoon. Ben. Dutch Governors. Worldstatesmen. 1 March 2013.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=jdwlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA326 "Mr Isaac Augustin Rumpf"