Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg
Constantijn Theodoor (Theo) van Lynden van Sandenburg (born February 24, 1826 in Utrecht , † November 18, 1885 in Nederlangbroek , Netherlands ) was a Utrecht nobleman (baron and since August 24, 1882 count) from the van Lynden family , who several times was appointed minister.
Van Lynden van Sandenburg was a trained lawyer and had been a member of the Dutch Second Chamber since 1866 . He was one of the Orthodox-Protestant conservatives who sympathized with the "anti-revolutionaries". He belonged to the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt cabinet as Minister for Affairs of the Reformed Churches and to the Heemskerk / van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet , headed by himself and Jan Heemskerk , as Minister of Justice. During this time he introduced a new division of the Dutch judicial districts. The Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet compiled by him in 1879consisted of moderate conservatives and liberals and ruled with a liberal second chamber majority; he himself was foreign minister and later finance minister . In 1879 he was responsible for drafting the marriage contract of Willem III. responsible with Emma zu Waldeck and Pyrmont .
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands 1879 - 1883 |
Jan Heemskerk |
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SURNAME | Lynden van Sandenburg, Constantijn Theodoor van |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lynden van Sandenburg, Theo van |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch statesman |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1826 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht , Netherlands |
DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1885 |
Place of death | Nederlangbroek , Netherlands |