Khouw family of Tamboen
| Ethnicity | Peranakan Chinese |
|---|---|
| Current region | Jakarta, Bekasi |
| Place of origin | Fujian, Qing Empire |
| Members |
Khouw Kim An, 5th Majoor der Chinezen Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen KKhouw Tian Sek, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen O. G. Khouw |
| Estate |
Candra Naya Gedung Juang Tambun Mausoleum O. G. Khouw |
The Khouw family of Tamboen (Bahasa Indonesia: 'Keluarga Khouw van Tamboen; Dutch: 'familie Khouw van Tamboen') was one of the most influential families in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) from the late eighteenth until the first half of the twentieth century. Over time, many family members held the rank of Majoor, Kapitein and Luitenant der Chinezen in the colonial government, which gave them significant political and judicial jurisdiction over the colony's Chinese subjects. As among the colony's largest landlords (Dutch: landheeren; Bahasa Indonesia: tuan tanah), the family also played an important role in the urban, agricultural and economic development of the greater Jakarta area.
The family traces its lineage back to Khouw Tjoen, a successful merchant who had migrated around 1769 from Fujian in China to Tegal on Java's north coast, thence to Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. On his death, he was succeeded by his son, Khouw Tian Sek (died in 1843), who later became the first member of the family to be raised to the honorary, but not substantive, rank of Luitenant der Chinezen. In his Twentieth Century Impressions, the British journalist Arnold Wright attributes the family's rise to great wealth to Luitenant Khouw Tian Sek, whose landholdings in then semi-rural Molenvliet suddenly became prime urban property as the colonial capital expanded southwards in the early nineteenth century. The family owned three extravagant Chinese compounds in Molenvliet, of which the only surviving one, Candra Naya, is now a major historic landmark in Jakarta. Khouw also began the family's century-long association with the estate (particuliere land) of Tamboen, the most important of the many estates the family acquired around Batavia. The family is also remembered today for their Art Deco country house, landhuis Tamboen (now ).
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