Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer

His Excellency, Jonkheer Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer in 1935
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 16 September 1936 – 8 March 1942
Preceded by	Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge
Succeeded by	Hubertus van Mook (in exile)
Queen's Commissioner in Groningen
In office 1925–1933
Monarch	Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Preceded by	Edzard Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Succeeded by	Joachimus Pieter Fockema Andreae
Personal details
Born	(1888-03-07)7 March 1888 Groningen, Netherlands
Died	16 August 1978(1978-08-16) (aged 90) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Tjarda van Starkenborgh's voice On the commemoration of the German invasion of the Netherlands Recorded May 10, 1941

Jonkheer Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (7 March 1888 – 16 August 1978) was a Dutch nobleman and statesman, primarily noted for being the last colonial Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.^[1] He was taken captive after accepting Japan's demands for an unconditional surrender of the islands on 9 March 1942.^[2]

Tjarda was the 69th governor-general of the largest Dutch colony in Asia. He served from 1936 to 1942.

He came from an old noble family in Groningen and was the son of Edzard Tjarda van Starkenborgh-Stachouwer. his father Edzard was a professor of history, Dutch language and philosophy at a high school in Groningen and royal commissioner in the province of Groningen, as well as later burgomaster of the city, while his mother Christine Jacobe Quintus was music teacher and opera soprano. His personal name was Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus, while Tjarda van Starkenborgh-Stachouwer was his noble and peerage title. However, historical sources often refer to him as simply Tjarda.