About Burchard Joan Elias
Lived 1799 – 1871 (aged 71). Burchard Joan Elias was a politician and civil servant.
Burchard Joan Elias (12 July 1799 – 1 May 1871) was the last Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies, a colony that existed between 1828 and 1845, as a merger of Surinam and Curaçao and Dependencies. After Elias left office, the colony was again, split. Before his governorship, Elias served as resident of Cirebon (1830–1838) and as Secretary-General at the Ministry of the Colonies (1838–1842).
Biography
Burchard Joan Elias was born in Amsterdam to Gerbrand Elias and Henriëtte Alexandrine Adélaïde von Deneken. In 1823, he married Cornelia Dorothea Adelheid Scholten van Aschat who died in 1836, and in 1837, he married her sister, Lidie Henriëtte Scholten van Aschat.
Burchard Joan Elias was the father of Henri Alexander Elias, who served as Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast.
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Governor of the Dutch West Indies
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Burchard Joan Elias was born on 12 July 1799 in Amsterdam.
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Burchard Joan Elias died on 1 May 1871 in The Hague.
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Burchard Joan Elias was a politician and civil servant.
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