Pieter Linthorst | |
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Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
In office 16 June 1805 – 21 July 1807 | |
Preceded by | Isaac de Roever |
Succeeded by | Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom |
Member of the Second Chamber of the Representative Body of the Batavian Republic | |
In office 31 May 1799 – 17 October 1801 | |
Constituency | Amsterdam-VIII |
In office 31 July 1798 – 30 July 1799 | |
Constituency | Soestdijk |
Member of the Provincial Government of Utrecht | |
In office 17 October 1796 – 23 February 1798 | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1757 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | (aged 50) St. George d'Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast |
Spouse(s) | Catharina Christina Kestlij Maria de Jonghe |
Pieter Linthorst (circa 1757 – 21 July 1807) was a Dutch writer of plays and political pamphlets, politician, and colonial administrator on the Gold Coast, who served as governor-general of the Dutch Gold Coast between 16 June 1805 and his death on 21 July 1807.[1]