Bartholomew Vermuyden

Bartholomew Vermuyden (1616/7 - 4 August 1650, Tholen) was a Dutch officer who had a senior role in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War.

Bartholomew was born in 1616/7 in Tholen, the son of Johan Bartelsz Vermuyden, an uncle of Cornelius Vermuyden and Maria Joans Liens, who married in London circa 1618. Maria Joans Liens was the sister of Joachim Liens, the Dutch diplomat married to Cornelia Vermuyden, already his aunt.

English Civil War He held the rank of Colonel and commanded a regiment of Horse, i.e. cavalry.

He took his brigade of 2,500 mounted troops of the New Model Army which was detached to join the Scots Covenanter Army following a polarised debate in the Committee of Both Kingdoms.

South African Banknote For a long time, the South African banknotes featured a picture of Vermuyden, mistakenly believed to be of Jan Van Riebeeck.