Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen ( niderl. Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen ; December 15, 1778 , Utrecht - April 10, 1848 , De Bilt, Utrecht province ) - Dutch statesman, baron .
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| the nether Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen | |||||||
 portrait of Godert van der Kapellen brushes of Cornelis Cruzemann (c. 1816) | |||||||
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| Monarch | Louis I (before July 1, 1810) | ||||||
| Predecessor | A.P. Twent van Raphorst (as Minister of the Interior) I. H. Mollerus (as Minister of Religions) | ||||||
| Successor | H. van Stralen (as General Commissar of the Interior from 1813) | ||||||
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| Predecessor | P. van der Heim (as Minister for Maritime Affairs and Colonies until January 1, 1811) Y. Y. Cambier (as Minister of India and Commerce until January 8, 1808) | ||||||
| Successor | IK van der Hop (as Secretary General for Trade and Colonies) | ||||||
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| Monarch | Willem I | ||||||
| Predecessor | J. Fendal | ||||||
| Successor | H. M. de Cock | ||||||
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| Monarch | Willem I | ||||||
| Predecessor | K. H. V. Anting | ||||||
| Successor | H. M. de Cock | ||||||
| Birth | December 15, 1778 Utrecht | ||||||
| Death | April 10, 1848 (69 years) De Bilt , Utrecht Province | ||||||
| Father | Alexander Philip van der Capellen | ||||||
| Mother | Maria Tets van Amerongen | ||||||
| Spouse | Jacob Elizabeth Baroness Van Tuill Van Seroskken | ||||||
| Education | Utrecht University | ||||||
| Academic degree | LL.M. | ||||||
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Family
Father - Alexander Philip van der Kapellen (1745-1787), colonel of cavalry.
Mother - Maria Thets van Amerongen (1755-1809).
The wife (from 1803) is Jacob Elizabeth Baroness Van Tuill Van Seroskken (1781–1866); the marriage was childless.
Biography
When King Louis I was appointed Minister of the Interior ( 1808 ), on his advice in 1810, Louis refused the crown. When the Netherlands was annexed by France after that, Kapellen resigned and returned to civil service under William I : in 1815 , he appointed Kapellen as minister of colonies and, after a short time, as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies . In this post, Kapellen spent 10 years fighting the uprisings of the local population and the lack of funds to manage the colony. Returning to the Netherlands in 1825 , he served for many years as the rector of the University of Utrecht, and in 1838 he was a special envoy of the Netherlands at the coronation of Queen Victoria .
Literature
- Kapel, Barons // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.