Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek

Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek
Chairman of the Dutch East Indies Company and the Dutch West Indies Company
In office
1736 / 1737 – 1752
Preceded byMattheus Lestevenon
Personal details
Born1711
Amsterdam
Died1752
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
Political partyDutch States Party
SpouseElizabeth Lestevenon
RelationsMattheus Lestevenon (brother in law)
ChildrenGeertruid Joanna, Gerrit, Elisabeth Jacoba
Residence(s)Castle Ilpenstein and a Cityhouse at Herengracht 573
OccupationRegent, Landlord

Gerrit de Graeff (also Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek) (27 February 1711 in Amsterdam – 10 November 1752) belonged to the patrician class of Amsterdam and held the feudal titles Free Lord of Zuid-Polsbroek as those of 21st Purmerland and Ilpendam. Known for his wealth and notorious for his stinginess, De Graeff was not particularly popular.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Tassenmuseum Hendrikje". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007. House at Herengracht 553, now called Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
  2. ^ Biography of Gerrit de Graeff at "DBNL" (dutch)