Jan Jacob Mauricius

Jan Jacob Mauricius (Amsterdam, 3 May 1692 - Hamburg, 21 March 1768) was a Dutch diplomat, poet, translator and governor of Suriname.

He became a student at Leiden on 31 March 1705, gained his doctorate at the age of 16, then settled as a lawyer in The Hague.

[1] Because of the influence of wealthy friends, in 1719 he became a board member of Purmerend and the same year he was deputy at the meeting of the States of Holland and West Friesland; in 1725 resident at the Lower Saxon Circle in Hamburg.

[2] His nine-year administration was characterized by much opposition from part of the powerful planters, the so-called cabal.

[2] Probably Mauricius urged during his governorship in Suriname or during his stay in the Republic in 1751 William Gideon Deutz to provide credit to the planters.