Cornelis Meeuwsen (born 17 March 1826 – 30 April 1896) was a Dutch colonial administrator and tobacco farmer, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast and who became interim governor during the European leave of governor Cornelis Nagtglas between 7 May 1860 and 21 January 1861.
[1][2][3] Cornelis Meeuwsen was born in Huissen as the tenth child of Gradus Meuwsen and Gertrudis Steenhof.
[7] Meeuwsen was promoted to resident on the Coast of Guinea on 1 December 1855 and continued his career in the colonial administration as commandant of Fort San Sebastian at Shama.
[6] After returning to the Gold Coast on 11 September 1857 from a year-long European leave, Meeuwsen was appointed bookkeeper, public prosecutor, government secretary and cashier, succeeding Petrus Jacobus Runckel.
[8] Meeuwsen returned to the Netherlands on 14 April 1861 and was honourably discharged of his duties by royal decree of 27 October 1861.