Isaak Augustijn Rumpf

Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a governor of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office.^[1]

Isaak Augustijn Rumpf
18th Governor of Dutch Ceylon
In office 5 December 1716 – 21 June 1723
Preceded by	Hendrik Bekker
Succeeded by	Arnold Moll acting governor
Personal details
Born	(1673-11-21)November 21, 1673 The Hague
Died	(1723-06-11)June 11, 1723 Colombo

Family life

Rumpf (sometimes spelled Rumph) was the son of the diplomat Christiaan Constantijn Rumpf (1633, The Hague – 1706, Stockholm) and Elisabeth Pierrat de Longueville (1646–1675). He obtained a Doctor of Laws degree at Leiden University and left for the Indies early in 1707. En route, on 26 June 1707 in Cape Town, he married Gijsberta Joanna Blesius (born 1686, Cape Town). Isaak and Gijsberta had a daughter Susanna. Gijsberta remarried in 1726 as widow Rumpf with Mr. Everhard Kraayvanger of Macassar, Advocate Fiscaal of India.^[2]