Khouw Tjeng Po
Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po | |
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Born | 1838 |
Died | 1882 |
Occupation | Luitenant der Chinezen, community leader, tycoon, landowner |
Years active | mid-nineteenth - late nineteenth century |
Spouse(s) | Gouw Hok Nio[1] |
Children | Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen (son) Khouw Yauw Hoen (son) |
Parent(s) |
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Relatives | Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant der Chinezen (brother) Khouw Tjeng Kee, Luitenant der Chinezen (brother) Khouw Kim An, 5th Majoor der Chinezen (nephew) (nephew) O. G. Khouw (nephew) |
Khouw Tjeng Po, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (born in 1838 — died in 1882) was a Chinese-Indonesian magnate and landlord in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).[2][3][4]
Khouw was the youngest son of Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (died in 1843), a Batavia magnate and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen. He was part of the Cabang Atas or the Chinese gentry (baba bangsawan) of colonial Indonesia.[5][3][4] He had two elder brothers, Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Kee, and two sisters, Khouw Giok Nio and Khouw Kepeng Nio.[4] Khouw, his father and brothers held the rank of Luitenant der Chinezen, awarded to high-ranking Chinese officials of the civil bureaucracy in the Dutch East Indies.[6] The title had been granted on an honorary basis without administrative responsibilities.
Prior to his Chinese lieutenancy, he had the hereditary title of Sia as the son of a Chinese officer. From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of colonial rule, the family was acknowledged as the wealthiest Chinese-Indonesian family in Batavia.[2][7]
The Luitenant died in 1882.[8] He was married to Gouw Hok Nio.[1] His son, Khouw Yauw Kie, became the first member of their family to serve on the Chinese Council of Batavia; first in 1883 as Luitenant, then in 1887 as a Kapitein der Chinezen.[9][10][5] According to Arnold Wright, a younger son - Khouw Oen Hoen - was the head of the family at the start of the twentieth century.[5]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b Indisch weekblad van het recht (in Dutch). Batavia: G. Kolff. 1903. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sugiastuti, Natasya Yunita (2003). Tradisi hukum Cina: negara dan masyarakat : studi mengenai peristiwa-peristiwa hukum di Pulau Jawa zaman kolonial, 1870-1942 (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Universitas Indonesia, Fakultas Hukum, Pascasarjana. ISBN 9789793115115. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Knapp, Ronald G. (2013). Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462905874. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Erkelens, Monique (2013). The decline of the Chinese Council of Batavia: the loss of prestige and authority of the traditional elite amongst the Chinese community from the end of the nineteenth century until 1942. Leiden: Leiden University. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Wright, Arnold (1909). Twentieth century impressions of Netherlands India: Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources. London: Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Lohanda, Mona (1996). The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942: A History of Chinese Establishment in Colonial Society. Jakarta: Djambatan. ISBN 9789794282571. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Osterhammel, Jürgen (2014). The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400849949. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "NEDERLANDSCH-INDIE. BATAVIA, 28 JUNI". Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie. Bruining. 28 June 1882. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "CIVIEL DEPARTEMENT". De locomotief. De Groot, Kolff & Co. 24 August 1883. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "BENOEMINGEN, ENZ. CIVIEL DEPARTEMENT". Bataviaasch nieuwsblad. Kolff & Co. 24 October 1887. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- 1838 births
- 1882 deaths
- People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies
- People of the Dutch East Indies
- Indonesian people of Chinese descent
- Indonesian Hokkien people
- Kapitan Cina
- Khouw family of Tamboen
- Sia (title)
- Indonesian landlords