Cornelis Jacob van de Graeff
Cornelis Jacob van de Graeff (born November 30, 1734 ; † April 21, 1812 in Neuwied ), also Cornelis Jacob van de (r) Graaf (f) , went down in South African history as the namesake of the short-term Republic of Graaff-Reinet .
Early years
He began his career as a cartographer , he made countless maps of cities and regions in the Dutch provinces of Holland , Utrecht and Brabant between the years 1755 and 1784 .
Van de Graeff also worked as a military engineer; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in 1778.
As the governor and namesake of Graaff-Reinet
From 1784 to 1791 Cornelis Jakob van de Graeff was the Dutch governor of the Cape Province . In his honor the town of Graaff-Reinet, founded in 1786, was named after him and his wife Hester Cornelia Reinet . When the Boer settlers rebelled against the rule of the Dutch East India Company in their area in 1795 , they named the resulting autonomous republic after their former governor and his wife, which is considered the first Boer republic .
Son Sebastiaan Willem van de Graeff
He was born on September 29, 1767 in Woerden and also took up the profession of cartographer. From 1785 to 1792, like his father, he worked in South Africa, serving as a lieutenant engineer in the Cape Colony. Van de Graeff was married to Adriana Cornelia van Lynden , their daughter Charlotte Paulina van de Graeff was also married to one of the Van Lynden family. The Van de Graeff-Van Lynden were also closely related to the family of the Marquis Dubois de La Saussaye .
After returning to the Netherlands, he became mayor of Wageningen, where he died on December 29, 1859.
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| SURNAME | Graeff, Cornelis Jacob van de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graaff, Cornelis Jakob van de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of the Cape Province |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1734 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1812 |
| Place of death | Neuwied |