DOUGLAS, ABRAHAM [SSNE 4859]

Surname

DOUGLAS

First name

ABRAHAM

Title/rank

COUNCILLOR

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

VOC councillor, Abraham Douglas arrived in Batavia. Douglas had been a merchant in Amsterdam and continued in VOC service until his death in 1719. He eventually became Consul-Extraordinary of the Dutch East Indies. 

See General Missiven van der VOC, VI, 1698-1713 and VII, 1713-1725, passim.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH EAST INDIES [VOC, BATAVIA]

Arrived 1696-01-01, as MERCHANT

Departed 1719-12-31, as CONSUL EXTRAORDINARY

Capacity MERCHANT AND DIPLOMAT, purpose VOC, COMMERCIAL, DIPLOMACY