Pieter Linthorst

Pieter Linthorst
Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
16 June 1805 – 21 July 1807
Preceded byIsaac de Roever
Succeeded byJohannes Petrus Hoogenboom
Member of the Second Chamber of the Representative Body of the Batavian Republic
In office
31 May 1799 – 17 October 1801
ConstituencyAmsterdam-VIII
In office
31 July 1798 – 30 July 1799
ConstituencySoestdijk
Member of the Provincial Government of Utrecht
In office
17 October 1796 – 23 February 1798
Personal details
Bornc. 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]

  1. ^ Weijtingh 1855, p. 4.