Albert van Breugel

Albert van Breugel
Albert van Breugel
Acting Commander of the Cape
	In office; April 1672 – 2 October 1672
Preceded by	Pieter Hackius
Succeeded by	Isbrand Goske
Personal details
Died	1687
Spouse	Johanna Lenartsz

Albert van Breugel was the acting commander of the Cape of Good Hope between April 1672 and 2 October 1672.^[1] He succeeded Governor Pieter Hackius after his death on 30 November 1671. Between Hackius's death and Breugel's appointment, the administration in the Cape was overseen by the Political Council.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Van Breugel was appointed merchant and secunde (second in command) at the Cape in 1672. As the newly appointed Governor, Isbrand Goske, had not then arrived, he acted in his place until 2 October 1672. After Goske took control, it soon became apparent that he was not happy with the way Van Breugel handled the administration. Goske was specifically dissatisfied with how he handled the company's books and kept them up to date. In February 1676, the VOC Commissioner Nicolaas Verburg decided to send Van Breugel to Batavia, since his administration showed a big financial deficit.

After arriving in Batavia in August 1676, the Council of Justice acquitted him of Goske's charges. During 1680 he was elected a member of the College of Schepenen of Batavia and in January 1684, with the title of senior merchant, he became secunde in Banda, only to retire at his own request a month later due to ill health. He was succeeded by Hendrik Crudop.^[4]

References

^ The General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good Hope and Its Dependencies. Saul Solomon. 1886.
^ Theal, George McCall (2 December 2010). History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi, from the Settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the Conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02333-7.
^ Montias, John Michael (2002). Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-591-9.
^ Beyers, C. J. (1981). Dictionary of South African biography: Vol IV. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. p. 675. ISBN 0-624-00856-8. OCLC 20937.

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[1] The General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good Hope and Its Dependencies. Saul Solomon. 1886.

[2] Theal, George McCall (2 December 2010). History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi, from the Settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the Conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02333-7.

[3] Montias, John Michael (2002). Art at Auction in 17th Century Amsterdam. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-591-9.

[4] Beyers, C. J. (1981). Dictionary of South African biography: Vol IV. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. p. 675. ISBN 0-624-00856-8. OCLC 20937.

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v t e Commanders and Governors of the Dutch Cape Colony
	Commanders 1652–1691	Jan van Riebeeck Zacharias Wagenaer Cornelis van Quaelberg Jacob Borghorst Pieter Hackius Albert van Breugel IJsbrand Godske Johan Bax van Herenthals Hendrik Crudop Simon van der Stel
	Governors 1691–1795	Simon van der Stel Willem Adriaan van der Stel Johan Cornelis d'Ableing Louis van Assenburgh Willem Helot Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes Jan de la Fontaine Pieter Gysbert Noodt Jan de la Fontaine Adriaan van Kervel Daniël van den Henghel Hendrik Swellengrebel Ryk Tulbagh Joachim van Plettenberg Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn Joachim van Plettenberg Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff Johan Isaac Rhenius Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh & Simon Hendrik Frijkenius Abraham Josias Sluysken Those in italics were Acting Governors

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