Johannes van den Bosch
| Johannes van den Bosch | |
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Portrait of Johannes van den Bosch (c. 1829)
by Cornelis Kruseman |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 7 November 1842 – 28 January 1844 |
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| Monarch | William II |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
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In office 30 May 1834 – 1 January 1840 |
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| Monarch | William I |
| Preceded by | Arnoldus Brocx |
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien Baud |
| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
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In office 16 January 1830 – 2 July 1833 |
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| Monarch | William I |
| Preceded by | Leonard du Bus de Gisignies |
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien Baud |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 February 1780 Herwijnen, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 28 January 1844 (aged 63) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Netherlands
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| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Johannes, Count van den Bosch (2 February 1780 – 28 January 1844) was a Dutch officer and politician. He was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1830–1833), commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Minister of Colonies, and Minister of State. He was officer in the Military William Order.
Johannes van den Bosch was born on 2 February 1780 in Herwijnen in the Dutch Republic (the present-day Netherlands), to the physician Johannes van den Bosch Sr. and his wife Adriana Poningh.
Van den Bosch enrolled in the army of the Batavian Republic in 1797 and was, at his own request, sent to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies as a lieutenant a year later. At the time, the emphasis was put on asserting commercial interest, and Dutch control over the Indonesian archipelago was limited. As an adjutant, Van den Bosch remained close to the consecutive Governor-Generals, and was involved in the transformation from trade colonialism to territorial colonial expansion. In 1808, he had a conflict with the new Governor-General, Herman Willem Daendels, after which he was honourably discharged from service at the rank of colonel. He and his family were sent back to Europe in 1810.
On his way back to the Netherlands, Van den Bosch was captured by the British, and remained a captive until 1812. Upon arriving in the Netherlands, he joined the provisional government tasked with restoring the authority of the Prince of Orange, William Frederick. He was recommissioned in the army as a colonel and, in the name of the Prince of Orange, captured Utrecht and Naarden. In 1818, Van den Bosch was involved in the establishment of the Society of Humanitarianism, under the auspices of Prince Frederick, and was put on inactive in the military in order to focus on the society. The society considered labour to be the only means to combat poverty. In Drenthe, it founded the 'free colonies' of Frederiksoord, Willemsoord and Wilhelminaoord, where the poor from big cities would learn to care for themselves in a disciplined manner.
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