Iman Wilhelm Falck

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Iman Willem Falck, painting 1908

Iman Wilhelm Falck (also Imam Willem Falck ) (born March 25, 1736 in Colombo ; † February 6, 1785 ibid) was the 32nd governor of the Dutch Ceylon colony .

Origin and family

Falck coat of arms, Utrecht 1762

Iman Wilhelm Falck came from an originally East Frisian family. His grandfather was Otto Wilhelm Falck (* 1679 Emden; † 1730 Utrecht), who had achieved prosperity with the Provinciale Utrechtsche Geoctroyeerde Compagnie . Otto had several sons, including Anton Reinhard Falck (1712–1746), George Tammo Falck, Carl Gustav (also: Carel Gustaaf ) Falck (* 1716 in Larrelt ; † 1785 in Utrecht), and Frans Willem Falck (* 1710 Cologne ; † 1737 Matara ), Iman's father, who received his doctorate from Utrecht University on May 9, 1731 and then emigrated to Ceylon. He married Iman's mother Adriana Gobius from Samarang in Colombo in 1735 , the daughter of the governor of Malacca , Joan Frederik Gobius.

Life

After the death of his father in Ceylon, Iman Falck came to Europe for the first time around 1744 and was brought up with unknown patrician families from Utrecht. After attending the Latin School and the University of Utrecht, Iman Falck received his doctorate in law on September 16, 1756. He was then employed as an Onderkoopman for the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) . Aboard the Amelisweert , in convoy with the Stadwijk , which concluded in July 1757 by the Dutch East Indies and lived in Batavia. Iman Wilhelm Falck married Theodora Rudolpha de Wendt (1748–1808) on February 27, 1763. He left Batavia when he was appointed Colonial Governor of Ceylon on August 7, 1765. Iman Falck carried out the duties of this office in a loyal but stubborn manner until his death. His successors were Willem Jacob van de Graaff from 1785 to 1794, and Johan Gerard van Angelbeek from 1794 to February 1796, after which the British colonial era began in Ceylon in the course of conquests and treaties .

Reception of the ambassadors of the King of Kandy by Governor Falck in 1772

Act as colonial governor

Shortly after taking office as governor, after a quarter of a century of hostility , a treaty was signed in Colombo on February 14, 1766 with the ruler of the Kingdom of Kandy , Kirthisri Rajasingha. The entire coastal area and the areas for growing cinnamon remained in the hands of the VOC , although Kandy was not allowed to cooperate with other European powers. As compensation, the king was awarded a portion of the profits, payable in the form of elephants. The king sent a delegation to Batavia to negotiate more favorable peace conditions, but there was Petrus Albertus van der Parra (1714–1775), a cousin of Falck, governor general. Thus the provisions of the peace treaty were not weakened.

literature

  • Frederik JL van Dulm (Universiteit Leiden 2012): 'Zonder eigen win en glorie' Mr. Iman Wilhelm Falck (1736–1785), governor en directeur van Ceylon en Onderhorigheden dissertation as PDF. Accessed May 15, 2020
  • Richard Leslie Brohier: Changing face of Colombo, 1505–1972: covering the Portuguese, Dutch, and British periods . Colombo, Lake House Investments, 1984

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frederik JL van Dulm (dissertation Universiteit Leiden 2012): 'Zonder eigen win en glorie' Mr. Iman Wilhelm Falck (1736–1785), governor en directeur van Ceylon en Onderhorigheden . Page 406. Inspection May 19, 2020
  2. ↑ After his financial rise and return from Batavia in 1751, he acquired the house of "Herr von Termeer" in Utrecht in 1753. He lived here until his death in 1793. Between 1754 and 1764 he also owned the house and the property von Sandbergen at Zeist , which he then sold to his younger brother Carel Gustaaf; see. van Dulm (2012).
  3. ↑ van Dulm 2012, pp. 37, 38; Father of Otto Wilhelm Philippus Falck (1747–1822)
  4. ↑ van Dulm 2012, p. 49
  5. ↑ probably accompanied by his stepfather Arent van Broijel
  6. ↑ van Dulm 2012, p. 55
  7. ↑ van Dulm 2012, p. 68
  8. ↑ Iman Willem Falck at wikitree
  9. ↑ Ben Cahoon: Dutch Governors. Worldstatesmen, accessed on May 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ This 18th century watercolor by Carel Frederik Reymer can be found in the Rijksmuseum. It shows a meeting between Iman Falck and an embassy from Kandy in 1772 in the reception hall of the Dutch governor's residence in Colombo. Dr. RL Brohier provides an image description in his book Changing Face of Colombo (Colombo, 1984): "The hall is richly decorated with rich carpets, lamps and candelabras, large and small paintings, mirrors with gilded frames, which give us an insight into the style , in which the Dutch governors of Ceylon lived. Falck, the governor and council chairman, sits on a heavily forged wooden chair. The three ambassadors of the King of Kandy, Maha Mohottiyar Dodanvala Ralahamy, Muhandiram's Iniyagama Ralahamy and Mideniya Ralahamy, are shown. The silver spittoons. one next to the Dutch governor and the others on the table, show that the custom of chewing betel was largely adopted by the Dutch in Ceylon ... From this painting of the reception hall ... it is clear that hardly any remains of the Dutch Colonial style of architecture or decoration have been preserved after the British converted the house into a church etc. m had converted. " (See Wikipedia article on Iman Willem Falck).
  11. ↑ see English Wikipedia article on Iman Willem Falck
personal data
SURNAME Falck, Iman Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falck, Iman Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Dutch Ceylon
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Colombo
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1785
Place of death Colombo