Diederich Thomas Fretz
Diederich Thomas Fretz (born October 2, 1743 in Sankt Goar , † March 27, 1815 in Colombo ) was a merchant of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and between 1792 and 1796 he was in command of the Galle Fort in southern Sri Lanka . He was the last Dutch in command of this fortress and oversaw its handover to the English in February 1796.
literature
- Biography of Diederich Thomas Fretz in https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/under/research/biographies/fretz.html
- FH De Vos, “Genealogies” in The journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon, Volume II, no 2, 1909, p. 71-74. Go to http://thedutchburgherunion.org/genealogy/ancestry-f/JDBU%201909%20Vol%202%20No%202%20p71-74%20-%20Fretz%20Ancestry(1).pdf
- Alicia Schrikker, Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780–1815: Expansion and Reform. TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction, 7. Leiden: Brill, 2007.
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| SURNAME | Fretz, Diederich Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Merchant of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Commander of the Galle Fortress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Goar |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1815 |
| Place of death | Colombo |