Willem Benjamin
van Panhuys
Born in Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 51
in Paramaribo, Suriname
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2022
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Biography
Willem Benjamin van Panhuys is Notable.
Willem van Panhuys was born on December 5, 1764, and died on July 18, 1816.
He entered the Royal Dutch Army ca. 1778, serving initially as a cadet in the Regiment Oranje Gelderland, and, by 1783, he was a Captain in Infantry Regiment (Stuart) No. 23. He was promoted to Major in 1788, and Lieutenant Colonel in 1793. He participated in the Battle of Fleurs in 1794.
Opposed to the Batavian Republic established on the surrender of the Netherlands in 1795, he moved to Germany and then travelled to England after the call of William, Prince of Orange, to support a planned Anglo-Russin invasion of the Batavian Republic, but left military service after the failure of the invasion.
He travelled briefly to Surimane to settle issues related to an inherited coffee plantation in 1800. He acquired the Alkmaar sugar cane plantation in 1811, but left Suriname, then under British occupation, to return to Suriname in 1813.
He left the Dutch military as a Major General in 1814, requesting a diplomatic position or in the reorganization of Suriname.
Appointed Governor General of Suriname in 1814, he was unable to take up his post because of the return of Emperor Napoleon I and the renewed war. He served as the Dutch representative to the Prussian headquarters in 1815, for which he received the Order of Red Eagle and the Military Order of Wilhelm, 3rd Class.
He returned to Suriname to take his post in 1816. He replaced the directors and appointed new ones and limited the power of Court of Police and Criminal Justice. He died shortly of a fever, though his wife claimed that he was murdered.
Sources
- "Willem Benjamin van Panhuys" (January 25. 2022), in nl.wikipedia.org, https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Benjamin_van_Panhuys.
- "Willem Benjamin van Panhuys" (April 4, 2021), in Wikipedia.de, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Benjamin_van_Panhuys.
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