Jan van Swieten

History

Career

• Second Lieutenant in Dutch East Indies Army, from 1827 to 1830
• First Lieutenant under Prince Frederik, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1830
• First Lieutenant in the field, from 1830 to 1834 in the Army
• Captain Dutch East Indies Army, battalion Rifles Guards “Van Cleerens”, from 1835 to 1842
• Captain Dutch East Indies Army, from 1842 to 1845
• Convoy commander south of Dataran Tinggi Padang Dutch, East Indies Army, from 1845 to 1846
• Officer Dutch East Indies Army in Java, from 1846 to 1848
• Chief of Staff Bali second expedition, from 1848 to 1849
• Battalion commander Bali third expedition, 1849
• Civil and military governor Sumatra's west coast, from 1849 to 1858
• Commander Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, from 1858 to 1862
• Retired, from 1862 to 1873
• Member Council of State in extraordinary service, from February 16, 1864 to September 9, 1888
• Member of the House of Representatives, of September 19, 1864 to October 1, 1866
• Government commissioner and commander to the Dutch East Indies, from 1873 to 1874
• Retired as a soldier, 1874

  Officers ranks

• Second lieutenant of infantry, from 1826 to 1829
• First lieutenant of infantry from 1829 to 1835
• Captain of infantry, from 1835 to 1841
• Major of infantry, from 1841 to 1844
• Lieutenant-colonel of infantry, from 1844 to 1849
• Colonel of infantry, from 1849 to 1853
• Major General of Infantry, from 1853 to 1858
• Lieutenant-General of Infantry, from 1858 to September 9, 1888