Jules van den Bossche explained

Jules Félicien Romain Stanislas van den Bossche
Office:Member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies
Term Start:24 April 1868
Term End:January 1871
Governor General:Pieter Mijer
Office1:Governor of the West Coast of Sumatra
Governor General1:Pieter Mijer
L. A. J. W. Sloet van de Beele
Term Start1:6 November 1862
Term End1:28 July 1868
Predecessor1:Cornelis Albert de Brauw
Successor1:Nicolaas Anne Theodoor Arriëns
Office2:Resident of Besuki
Term Start2:1861
Term End2:1862
Predecessor2:Hendricus Albertus van der Poel
Successor2:Petrus Theodorus Couperus
Office3:Resident of Bangka
Term Start3:1859
Term End3:1861
Office4:Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast
Monarch4:William III of the Netherlands
Term Start4:29 April 1857
Term End4:9 September 1857
Predecessor4:Willem George Frederik Derx
Successor4:Cornelis Nagtglas
Office5:Assistant Resident of Tebing Tinggi
Term Start5:1852
Term End5:1857
Birth Date:1819 9, df=y
Birth Place:Mons, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Death Place:Aden, Yemen

Jules Félicien Romain Stanislas van den Bossche (born 4 September 1819 – 12 January 1889) was a Dutch military officer and colonial government official. He was governor of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1857 and 1858 and member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies, the government of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Biography

Van den Bossche was born in Mons, which was then situated in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, to Jean Bernard van den Bossche and Marie Cathérine Navéau.[1] He moved to the Dutch East Indies at age two, when his father was appointed President of the Orphans' and Probate Court of Surabaya.

Van den Bossche joined the Dutch East Indies Army and later made a career in the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies, becoming a clerk in the office of the assistant resident of Pontianak and later in the office of the resident at Palembang. While stationed at the latter place, he was promoter to controller and took part in the Palembang Highlands Expeditions. Between 1852 and 1857, Van den Bossche served as assistant resident in Tebing Tinggi.

When he was on home leave in the Netherlands in 1857, Van den Bossche was appointed governor of the Dutch Gold Coast, where he only served for four months. In 1859, Van den Bossche returned to the colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies, serving as resident of consecutively Bangka Island and Besuki, before becoming governor of Sumatra's West Coast in late 1862. In 1868, he was appointed a member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies, the cabinet of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Van den Bossche retired from service in 1871, and lived his later years in The Hague. Together with several Dutch partners, he involved himself in private business in the Dutch East Indies. While on his way to oversee the building and exploitation of a coal mine and railway line in Central Sumatra, he died aboard the French mail ship Djemnah near Aden, Yemen.

Personal life

Van den Bossche never married, but had children with at least five women. In Batavia he fathered Julie Clementine van den Bossche (1842–1896) with a woman named Kendo. While assistant resident of Tebing Tinggi, he fathered Victor Albert van den Bossche (1853–1916) and Marie Eugenie van den Bossche (1855–1940) with a woman named Badima, whom he legally recognized as his. Marie Eugenie van den Bossche would later marry the Dutch painter Evert Pieters. During this time he also fathered Albert Felix van den Bossche (1853) with an unknown woman.

During his service on the Gold Coast between 1857 and 1858, he fathered a son named John van den Bossche.

After his return to the Dutch East Indies in 1858, he fathered Albertine Felicie van den Bossche (1861) with an unknown woman.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: van den Bossche, Jules François Romain Stanislas R.M.W.O.4, R.N.L. . Michel Doortmont . GoldCoastDataBase . 28 September 2013.