Gerard Brantsen

The envoys Mattheus Lestevenon and Gerard Brantsen presenting vice-admiral Pierre André Bailly de Suffren de Saint Tropez with a golden sword in 1784

Gerard Brantsen (1734 or 10 January 1735, Arnhem 21 December 1809, Arnhem) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was one of the Dutch signatories to the treaty ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1783. He was also mayor of Arnhem in 1762 and 1765, and several times an alderman of this city.

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