Dirk van Hogendorp
Dirk van Hogendorp | |
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Dirk van Hogendorp, Comte de l'Empire | |
| Lieutenant-governor of East-Java in the Dutch East India Company | |
| In office 1794–1798 | |
| Minister of War of the Kingdom of Holland | |
| In office 1806–1807 | |
| Monarch | Louis I |
| President of the Lithuanian Provisional Governing Commission | |
| In office 24 August 1812 – 29 September 1812 | |
| Monarch | Frederick Augustus I |
| Preceded by | Stanisław Sołtan |
| Succeeded by | Stanisław Sołtan |
| Military governor of Hamburg | |
| In office 1813–1814 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dirk van Hogendorp 13 October 1761 |
| Died | 29 October 1822 (aged 61) |
| Spouses | Margaretha Elisabeth Bartlo
(m. 1785) |
| Children | Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp |
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| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Union Officier Legion d'Honneur |
| Military service | |
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| Years of service | 1773 – 1786 1810 -1814 |
| Rank | général de division |
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Dirk van Hogendorp (13 October 1761 – 29 October 1822) was a Dutch military officer, politician, colonial administrator and diplomat. In 1812 he was governor of Vilnius, in 1813 he was appointed as the governor of Hamburg. He was an early critic of the Dutch colonial system as implemented under the VOC. His ideas about reforms in the Dutch East Indies were to a large extent realized by the Commissioners-General of the Dutch East Indies, through the behind the scenes influence of his friend Herman Warner Muntinghe, first as adviser of Stamford Raffles, and later as adviser of the Commissioners-General.