Petrus Albertus van der Parra
Petrus Albertus van der Parra was GovernorGeneral of the Dutch East Indies from 1761 to 1775.
Petrus Albertus van der Parra was born in Colombo, the son of a Secretary to the government of Ceylon. His greatgrandfather had come to India and the family had lived there ever since. In 1728, he began his career at fourteen years old. As everyone had to start as a soldier, he began as a soldaat van de penne, then became an assistent in 1731, and boekhouder in 1732. He had to move house in 1736 to take up a new job as onderkoopman , and at the same time collectionist and boekhouder to the General Secretary at BataviaJakarta. He became koopman and geheimschrijver in 1739. He became Second Secretary to the High Government , becoming First Secretary in 1747. He became Counsellorextraordinary of the Indies later that year and in 1751 became a regular Counsellor. In 1752 he became President of the College van Heemraden . He was later a member of the Schepenbank , a Regent of the hospital and in 1755 he became First Counsellor and DirectorGeneral
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