Bartholomew Vermuyden

Bartholomew Vermuyden (1616/7 - 4 August 1650, Tholen) was a Dutch officer had a senior role in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War.

Bartholomew was born in 1616/7 in Tholen, the son of Johan Bartelsz Vermuyden, an uncle of Cornelius Vermuyden and Maria Joans Liens, who married in London circa 1618.

[2]: 107 On 8 June 1645 Vermuyden met with Oliver Cromwell to explain that pressing matters overseas meant that he would have give up his commission in the New Model Army.

When the House of Commons agreed to Fairfax's request that leave should be given for Cromwell to lead the Cavalry in the New Model Army, he assumed personal command of Vermuyden's troops.

[3] For a long time, the South African banknotes featured a picture of Vermuyden, mistakenly believed to be of Jan Van Riebeeck.