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[[Image:Sylvainvandeweyer.JPG|thumb|left|Statue of Sylvain Van de Weyer on the Kapucijnenvoer in Leuven, built by public subscription.]] |
[[Image:Sylvainvandeweyer.JPG|thumb|left|Statue of Sylvain Van de Weyer on the Kapucijnenvoer in Leuven, built by public subscription.]] |
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On the outbreak of the [[Belgian Revolution]] in 1830, Van de Weyer was in Leuven, but hurried to Brussels where he became a member of the central committee of the [[Provisional Government of Belgium]]. His command of the [[English language]] resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries. King [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]] appointed Van de Weyer his "special representative" in [[London]]. |
On the outbreak of the [[Belgian Revolution]] in 1830, Van de Weyer was in Leuven, but hurried to Brussels where he became a member of the central committee of the [[Provisional Government of Belgium]]. His command of the [[English language]] resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries. King [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]] appointed Van de Weyer his "special representative" in [[London]]. |
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[[Image:MadameVanderWeyer.JPG|thumb|right|150px|<sub>Madame Van der Weyer (Elizabeth Bates), from a print after [[Thomas Sully]]</sub>]] |
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Van de Weyer later served as [[Prime Minister of Belgium]]. |
Van de Weyer later served as [[Prime Minister of Belgium]]. |
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He married Elizabeth, only daughter of [[Joshua Bates (financier)|Joshua Bates]] of Barings Bank, and formerly of Boston. |
He married Elizabeth, only daughter of [[Joshua Bates (financier)|Joshua Bates]] of [[Barings Bank]], and formerly of Boston. |
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One of his grandaughters was [[Sylvia Brett]], last Ranee of Sarawak. |
One of his grandaughters was [[Sylvia Brett]], last Ranee of Sarawak. |
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Revision as of 15:25, 6 July 2007
Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802–23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician, and then the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James.
Born in Louvain or Leuven, Van de Weyer's family moved to Amsterdam in 1811. The family returned to Leuven when his father, Josse-Alexandre (1769-1838), was named police commissioner for the city. Jean-Sylvain studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and set up as a lawyer in Brussels in 1823. Here he frequently defended newspapers and journalists which fell foul of the government of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which modern Belgium then formed the southern half.
On the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution in 1830, Van de Weyer was in Leuven, but hurried to Brussels where he became a member of the central committee of the Provisional Government of Belgium. His command of the English language resulted in him serving as a diplomatic representative of the revolutionaries. King Leopold I appointed Van de Weyer his "special representative" in London.
Van de Weyer later served as Prime Minister of Belgium.
He married Elizabeth, only daughter of Joshua Bates of Barings Bank, and formerly of Boston. One of his grandaughters was Sylvia Brett, last Ranee of Sarawak.
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