Arnold Adriaan Buyskes

Arnold Adriaan Buyskes
Arnold Adriaan Buyskes
Born(1771-01-21)21 January 1771
Enkhuizen, Dutch Republic
Died23 January 1838(1838-01-23) (aged 67)
Loosduinen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
AllegianceDutch Republic
Batavian Republic
Kingdom of Holland
First French Empire
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
BranchDutch States Navy
Batavian Navy
Navy of the Kingdom of Holland
French Imperial Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
Years of service1783–1838
RankVice-Admiral
CommandsZeeland Flotilla
Zuiderzee Flotilla
Eendracht
Vlissingen Flotilla
Dutch East Indies Squadron
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight-Commander of the Military Order of William
Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion
Other worklt. Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1807-1809)
Commissioner-General of the Dutch East Indies (1816-1819)

Vice-Admiral Arnold Adriaan Buyskess (21 January 1771 23 January 1838) was a Dutch naval officer and colonial administrator who served as a Commissioner-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1816 to 1819. He also served as the lieutenant governor-general of Java from 1808 to 1809. Buyskess successfully led punitive expedition against native rebels in Maluku Islands in 1817.