Van Heerdt tot Eversberg was born on 22 February 1829 in
Zwolle,
Netherlands. He joined the
Royal Netherlands Navy, and left the navy in 1861 as
lieutenant. The same year, he was part of the Dutch–French border commission tasked with mapping the
Marowijne River which forms to boundary between Suriname and
French Guiana. On 10 April 1862, a map and a report was produced by the commission, and the border was considered solved. In 1885, gold was discovered near the Marowijne River, and the border was
in dispute. In 1863, van Heerdt tot Eversberg was appointed District Commissioner of Upper Suriname (nowadays approximates
Paramaribo District), and served until 1968. however he returned the same year to the Netherlands for health reasons, and in 1869 started to work for the
Ministry of the Colonies. and was installed on 1 October 1880. , the governor of Suriname, was accused of personally profiting from gold concessions and, subsequently, turned in his resignation. On 5 September 1882, it was announced that van Heerdt tot Eversberg would be transferred from Curaçao to Suriname. Van Heerdt tot Eversberg left Curaçao on 18 October 1882. ==Honours==