About Hendrik Swellengrebel
Lived 1700 – 1760 (aged 60). Hendrik Swellengrebel was a Dutch politician.
Hendrik Swellengrebel (Cape Town, 20 September 1700 – Utrecht, 26 December 1760) was the first and only Dutch East India Company governor of the Dutch Cape Colony who was born in the Cape.
Life Swellengrebel was governor from 14 April 1739 to 27 February 1751. In his time, new districts were added to the colony. The town of Swellendam in the Western Cape is named after him and his wife Helena Wilhelmina ten Damme.
In 1751 he was succeeded as governor by Ryk Tulbagh. Upon return to the Netherlands, he bought the land now known as the Kaapse Bossen (Cape Forests) in Utrecht.
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Dutch colonial governor
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Hendrik Swellengrebel was born on 20 September 1700 in Cape Town.
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Hendrik Swellengrebel died on 26 December 1760 in Utrecht.
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Hendrik Swellengrebel was a politician.
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Hendrik Swellengrebel was Dutch.
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