Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman

Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman (9 January 1832 — 12 July 1899) was the Dutch Governor of Surinam from 1889 to 1891.

Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman
Governor-General of Suriname
In office
30 January 1889 – 27 June 1891
Preceded byHendrik Jan Smidt
Succeeded byTitus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck
Personal details
Born(1832-01-09)9 January 1832
Groningen, Netherlands
Died12 July 1899(1899-07-12) (aged 67)
The Hague, Netherlands

Biography

De Savornin Lohman studied Roman and contemporary law from 1850 to 1855 at the University of Groningen.[1]

From 1861 to 1870 he was deputy prosecutor in Assen, then until 1886 prosecutor. In 1886 he was appointed Advocate General at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, which position he held until October 1888. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Governor of Surinam on 30 January 1889.[1]

Governor of Surinam

His rule of Surinam was controversial. De West-Indiër was the first newspaper to publicly criticize the governor, and was immediately taken to court.[2] He tried to impose taxes on the Maroons in Para District which was met with strong resistance.[3] On 23 December 1889, De Savornin Lohman refused to inform the Estates of Suriname.[2] This led to accusations of undemocratic behaviour and anti-Semitism,[4][5][6][2] because many members of the Estates were Jewish.[2] On 18 September 1890, pastor G. C. Steijnis spoke out against De Savornin Lohman from the pulpit of the Martin Luther Church. Steijnis was harassed for months, returned to the Netherlands, and died on the journey.[6] In 1891, anti-Semitic riots broke out during which one person was killed.[5][2] On 27 June 1891, De Savornin was dismissed by the Colonial Government.[5]

Family

His daughter Jkvr. Catharina Anna Maria de Savornin Lohman was a writer,[7] critic and journalist, and his younger brother Alexander de Savornin Lohman was a politician who briefly served as the Dutch Minister of the Interior.[8]

References
  1. Cook, Chris; Moore, Bob; Kirk, Tim (1989-06-12). Sources in European Political History: Volume 2: Diplomacy and International Affairs. ISBN 9781349050987.
  2. Michiel van Kempen (2002). Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 3 (in Dutch). pp. 332–334. ISBN 99914-640-4-2.
  3. "De nieuwe strijd van de Para Boeren!". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. "Oog in oog met Paramaribo". LM Publishers (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. "Maurits de Savornin Lohman". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. "Dr. G. C Steijnis (1848-1891) en zijn strijd tegen de antisemiet gouverneur De Savornin Lohman". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. "Anna de Savornin Lohman". Atria (in Dutch). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. "Maurits Adriaan de Savornin Lohman (1832-1899) » Genealogie van der Mersch-De Knijff » Genealogie Online".
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