Christoffel van Swoll
Christoffel van Swoll was GovernorGeneral of the Dutch East Indies fromNovember 1713 until his death.
He was born in 1663 in Amsterdam. OnDecember 1683, he left for Batavia on board the Juffrouw Anna as an assistant in the service of the Dutch East India Company. He arrived in Batavia onJune 1664 and began working in the General Secretariat. He was regularly promoted. In 1686 he was promoted to Accountant, in 1690 to First Clerk to the General Secretariat, and in 1691 to Buyer. In 1696, he was appointed as Secretary to the High Government . In 1700 he became Raad extraordinair and President of the College van Weesmeesteren . In 1701 he was named Raad ordinair van Indi . OnMay 1703 he became President of the College van Schepenen at Batavia. Following the death of GovernorGeneral Abraham van Riebeeck, the Council chose van Swoll, by a slim majority, as GovernorGeneral . This proposal was sent to theLords of the Indies onMay 1714 who confirmed his appointment in 1715, despite his difficulty character. His honesty was the deciding factor in those times of corruption
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