Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (22 November 1771 – 15 December 1831) was a Dutch naval officer and colonial governor.

In 1795 the entire service of sea officers was dismissed and he rejoined the navy of the Batavian Republic in 1799.

[2] After the November revolution, the French rule of the Netherlands ended, and Catlz'laar was released.

[3] In 1814 Cantz'laar was named captain and commander of a battalion of marines he raised that same year.

[1] On 20 May 1828, he became the first governor-general of the combined Dutch West Indian possession, and left for Paramaribo.