During the 143 years of Dutch government at the Cape the term of office of the official who headed the government of the colony was sometimes very brief, while others remained in power for a long period.
van |
tot |
|
Governor |
1.6.1691 |
11.2.1699 |
|
Simon van der Stel |
11.2.1699 |
3.6.1707 |
|
Willem Adriaan van der Stel |
3.6.1707 |
1.2.1708 |
|
Johannes Cornelis d’Ableing (acting) |
1.2.1708 |
27.12.1711 |
|
Louis van Assenburg |
27.12.1711 |
28.3.1714 |
|
Willem Helot (acting) |
28.3.1714 |
8.9.1724 |
|
Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes |
8.9.1724 |
25.2.1727 |
|
Jan de la Fontaine (acting) |
25.2.1727 |
23.4.1729 |
|
Pieter Gijsbert Noodt |
23.4.1729 |
31.8.1737 |
|
Jan de la Fontaine (acting, governor from 8.3.1737) |
31.8.1737 |
19.9.1737 |
|
Adriaan van Kervel (died after three weeks in office) |
19.9.1737 |
14.4.1739 |
|
Daniël van den Henghel (fiskaal; acting) |
14.4.1739 |
27.2.1751 |
|
Hendrik Swellengrebel |
27.2.1751 |
11.8.1771 |
|
Ryk Tulbagh |
11.8.1771 |
14.2.1785 |
|
Joachim van Plettenberg (acting, governor from 18.5.1774) |
14.2.1785 |
24.6.1791 |
|
Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff |
24.6.1791 |
3.7.1792 |
|
Johannes Izaac Rhenius (sekunde; acting) |
3.7.1792 |
2.9.1793 |
|
Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frijkenius (Commissioners-General) |
2.9.1793 |
16.9.1795 |
|
Abraham Josias Sluysken |