Cornelis Vaillant

Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant (26 May 1781 – 9 January 1849) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, and colonial governor. He served as Governor of Suriname from 19 July 1816 until 1 April 1822, and as judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1838 until 1849.

Cornelis Vaillant
Governor of Suriname
In office
19 July 1816 – 1 April 1822
Preceded byWillem van Panhuys
Succeeded byAbraham de Veer
Personal details
Born
Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant

(1781-05-26)26 May 1781
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Died9 January 1849(1849-01-09) (aged 67)
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupationlawyer, judge, governor

Biography

Vaillant was born on 26 May 1781 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic.[1] In 1805, he graduated law at the University of Leiden.[2] In 1811, he started to work as clerk to the Cour Impériale en Hollande. In 1815, he became advocate general at the High Court in The Hague.[1]

In 1816, Vaillant went to Surinam where he was appointed raad-fiscaal (prosecutor general) for the Court of Justice.[1] Governor Willem van Panhuys died on 18 July 1816.[3] The next day, Vaillant became acting Governor of Suriname.[4] The two regiments in Suriname during the British occupation (1804-1816) had been disbanded, and a temporary corps of Coloureds and Free Negroes had taken its place.[5] In December 1816, the schutterij (militia) was created which was divided in a White, Coloured and Free Negro division.[6]

In 1817, the first school law of Suriname passed which outlawed cruel punishment except for moderate birching.[6] The slave trade had been outlawed on 13 August 1814, however it continued illegally much to the dismay of Great Britain. On 4 May 1818, a joint Anglo-Dutch court was established.[7] In 1821, there was a large fire in Paramaribo which destroyed a large part of the centre.[8] In 1822, Vaillant requested to be relieved, and was replaced by Abraham de Veer on 1 April.[9]

On 3 February 1823, Vaillent was appointed judge on the High Court in The Hague, and on 1 June 1838, he was appointed judge on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.[1][10]

Vaillent died on 9 January 1849 in The Hague, at the age of 67.[11]

References
  1. "mr. Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. Cornelius Rynhardus Vaillant (1805). "Dissertatio juridica inauguralis de poenarum gravitate et ratione quemadmodum minui mitigarique possint". Dutch National Library (in Latin). Lugduni Batavorum = Leiden in Latin.
  3. "Overleden". Rotterdamsche courant (in Dutch). 8 October 1816. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. "De Vraagbaak. Almanak voor Suriname 1925". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1924. p. 115. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. Wolbers 1861, p. 596.
  6. Wolbers 1861, p. 608.
  7. Wolbers 1861, p. 609.
  8. "Paramaribo". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. "Paramaribo, den 2 April 1822". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 8 June 1822. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. "Uit de Staatscourant". Nieuwe Surinaamsche courant (in Dutch). 11 July 1838. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. "Overleden". Dagblad van 's Gravenhage (in Dutch). 12 January 1849. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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