Cornelis Lampsins
Cornelis Baron Lampsins (* 1600 in Vlissingen ; † 1664 ibid), Baron of Tobago , was a Dutch shipowner , wholesaler, politician, aristocrat and sovereign .
biography
He was born in the Zeeland city of Vlissingen as the son of the wholesaler and shipowner Jan Lampsins and the Janneken Velters. The Lampsins family owned the largest shipping company of their time and also held shares in the Vlissinger Chamber of the Dutch East India Company . The Zeeuws Maritiem muZEEum is now located in the "Lampsinshuis", the family seat in Vlissingen . Together with his brother Adriaen Lampsins he was named to the council of Vlissingen in 1631 . Cornelis Lampsins was also one of the directors of the Dutch West India Company . As mayor of the city of Vlissingen, he was in office between 1654 and 1660.
In 1654 the rule of the Zeeland merchants under the Lampsins brothers on the south coast of Tobago , which they called Nieuw-Walcheren , was consolidated . There they founded the Lampsinsburg branch , today's Scarborough . The French King Louis XIV appointed Cornelis Lampsins baron in 1662 and made Tobago a French fief and baronate . Shortly afterwards he was awarded the Ordre de Saint-Michel .
literature
Jeroen-Martijn Hangoor: De mast broken, de lines stretched: korte geschiedenis van het geslacht Lampsins van de 16e tot in de 20e eeuw (In: Den Spiegel (published by the Vereniging Vrienden van het muZEEum en het Gemeentearchief Vlissingen ), year 20, No. 4 (October 2002))
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created | Baron of Tobago 1662–1664 |
Adriaen Lampsins |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lampsins, Cornelis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lampsins, Cornelis Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch shipowner, wholesaler, politician, aristocrat and sovereign |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vlissingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1664 |
| Place of death | Vlissingen |