Cornelis Vaillant
Cornelis Vaillant | |
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| Governor of Suriname | |
| In office 19 July 1816 – 1 April 1822 | |
| Preceded by | Willem van Panhuys |
| Succeeded by | Abraham de Veer |
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| Born | Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant 26 May 1781 Amsterdam, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 9 January 1849 (aged 67) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge, governor |
Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant (26 May 1781 – 9 January 1849) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, and colonial governor. He served as Governor of Suriname from 19 July 1816 until 1 April 1822, and as judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1838 until 1849.
Biography
[edit]Vaillant was born on 26 May 1781 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[1] In 1805, he graduated law at the University of Leiden.[2] In 1811, he started to work as clerk to the Cour Impériale en Hollande. In 1815, he became advocate general at the High Court in The Hague.[1]
In 1816, Vaillant went to Surinam where he was appointed raad-fiscaal (prosecutor general) for the Court of Justice.[1] Governor Willem van Panhuys died on 18 July 1816.[3] The next day, Vaillant became acting Governor of Suriname.[4] The two regiments in Suriname during the British occupation (1804-1816) had been disbanded, and a temporary corps of Coloureds and Free Negroes had taken its place.[5] In December 1816, the schutterij (militia) was created which was divided in a White, Coloured and Free Negro division.[6]
In 1817, the first school law of Suriname passed which outlawed cruel punishment except for moderate birching.[6] The slave trade had been outlawed on 13 August 1814, however it continued illegally much to the dismay of Great Britain. On 4 May 1818, a joint Anglo-Dutch court was established.[7] In 1821, there was a large fire in Paramaribo which destroyed a large part of the centre.[8] In 1822, Vaillant requested to be relieved, and was replaced by Abraham de Veer on 1 April.[9]
On 3 February 1823, Vaillent was appointed judge on the High Court in The Hague, and on 1 June 1838, he was appointed judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.[1][10]
Vaillent died on 9 January 1849 in The Hague, at the age of 67.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "mr. Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Cornelius Rynhardus Vaillant (1805). "Dissertatio juridica inauguralis de poenarum gravitate et ratione quemadmodum minui mitigarique possint". Dutch National Library (in Latin). Lugduni Batavorum = Leiden in Latin.
- ^ "Overleden". Rotterdamsche courant (in Dutch). 8 October 1816. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "De Vraagbaak. Almanak voor Suriname 1925". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1924. p. 115. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Wolbers 1861, p. 596.
- ^ a b Wolbers 1861, p. 608.
- ^ Wolbers 1861, p. 609.
- ^ "Paramaribo". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Paramaribo, den 2 April 1822". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 8 June 1822. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Uit de Staatscourant". Nieuwe Surinaamsche courant (in Dutch). 11 July 1838. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Overleden". Dagblad van 's Gravenhage (in Dutch). 12 January 1849. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wolbers, J. (1861). Geschiedenis van Suriname (in Dutch). Amsterdam: S. Emmerling. ISBN 90-6033-091-9.
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