Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814
| Type | Bilateral Treaty |
|---|---|
| Signed | 13 August 1814 |
| Location | London |
| Original signatories | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands |
| Ratifiers | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands |
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The Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1814 (also known as the Convention of London) was a treaty signed between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands in London on 13 August 1814. It was signed by Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh for the British and Hendrik Fagel for the Dutch.
Terms[edit]
The treaty returned the colonial possessions of the Dutch as they were at 1 January 1803 before the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, in the Americas, Africa, and Asia with the exceptions of the Cape of Good Hope and the South American settlements of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice (later consolidated as British Guiana), where the Dutch retained trading rights.
In addition, the British ceded the island of Banca off the island of Sumatra in exchange for the settlement of Cochin in India and its dependencies on the coast of Malabar. The Dutch also ceded the district of Bernagore, situated close to Calcutta, in exchange for an annual fee.
The treaty also noted a declaration of 15 June 1814 by the Dutch, that ships for the slave trade were no longer permitted in British ports and it agreed that this restriction would be extended to a ban on involvement in the slave trade by Dutch citizens. Britain also agreed to pay £1,000,000 to Sweden to resolve a claim to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe (see Guadeloupe Fund). The British and the Dutch agreed to spend £2,000,000 each on improving the defences of the Low Countries. More funds, of up to £3,000,000, are mentioned for the "final and satisfactory settlement of the Low Countries in union with Holland."
Disputes arising from this treaty were the subject of the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1824.
See also[edit]
- Anglo-Dutch Slave Trade Treaty (1818)
- Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71
- Netherlands–United Kingdom relations
References[edit]
- L.J.P.J. Jeekel. Dissertatie. Het Sumatra-traktaat (P. Somerwil, Leiden 1881); en E.S. de Klerck. De Atjeh-Oorlog. Het ontstaan van de oorlog. Deel 1 (Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag 1912).
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