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