8 March 1739
Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was born on 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden, Friesland in the Netherlands. He came to the Cape as an employee of the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). In 1767 he became “Independent-Fiscal”, the highest official of justice at the Cape. He became governor of the Cape after the death of Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1771.
References
Potgieter, J. (ed0 (1973. Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Vol. VIII, Pretoria: HSRC, pp.617-8.|Plettenberg Bay,"History ,From: Plettenberg Bay, [Online] Available at: www.plettenbergbay.co.za [Accessed on 1 march 2012]