In 1811 (i.e. while the Netherlands were part of the First French Empire) he was appointed a judge in the local court, and in 1812 a member of the municipal council of Alkmaar.

He accompanied two of the Commissioners-General, Godert van der Capellen and Cornelis Theodorus Elout on an inspection tour of Java in the second half of 1816.

He held this position in addition to his post as Chief Inspector of Finance, pro bono, as he was not allowed to have any remuneration besides his salary as Raad.

The Commissioner-General Leonard du Bus de Gisignies, who was sent out to investigate Van der Capellen over his policies, which were considered obstructionist by king William I of the Netherlands, and soon replaced him as governor-general was one of his detractors.

Du Bus recommended his recall, and that of his colleague Reinier d'Ozy over the question of a refusal to deliver part of the coffee harvest to a vessel of the Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij, as directed by the king personally,[b] which was ordered on 29 August 1826.

It tried to enter the navigable channel, known as Deurlo in the West-Scheldt estuary on its way to Vlissingen, but the rudder broke and the ship foundered on the Noorder Rassen banks near the village of Westkapelle on 1 March 1827.