Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer

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Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1935)
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and De Jonge

Jonkheer Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (born March 7, 1888 in Groningen , † August 16, 1978 in Wassenaar ) was a noble Dutch statesman and the last colonial governor-general of the Dutch East Indies .

Life

His parents were Edzard Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, royal commissioner in the province of Groningen, and Christine Jacoba Quintus. Van Starkenborg went to high school in Groningen and studied law at the university there. There he joined the student corps Vindicat atque Polit .

After studying briefly in a law firm , he decided to prepare for the diplomatic service , which he was accepted into in 1915. By 1924 he passed through the lower diplomatic ranks in Washington and Paris . In 1921 he was appointed general secretary of the Dutch delegation to the Naval Conference in Washington, in 1922 he came to the office of the international conference on Russian trade in The Hague . In 1924/25 he was at the Dutch embassy in Berlin and then succeeded his father as Royal Commissioner for Groningen. In this position he was very committed to the water connection with the Zuiderzee , organized the provincial school medical service, the academic hospital and the university, of which he was curator from 1928.

In September 1933 van Starkenborgh was appointed envoy and minister extraordinary plenipotentiary to the Belgian and Luxembourg courts. On September 16, 1936 he became Governor General of the Dutch East Indies . During World War II he was captured by the Japanese after accepting unconditional surrender on March 9, 1942 and surrendering the islands to them.

After his release from captivity, he returned to the Netherlands, where, because of political disagreements with the Minister for Overseas Territories, JHA Logemann, he expressed gratitude for the "important services he had rendered his country under incomparably difficult circumstances" was dismissed from office.

At the beginning of 1946 he was appointed ambassador to Paris, but after only two years sought a release, which he was granted on December 1, 1948. In 1950 he returned to the service of the country and became permanent representative of the Netherlands to the North Atlantic Council in London and from March 1952 to mid-1956 he headed the Dutch representation to NATO in Paris. During this time he was significantly involved in the preparations for the establishment of a European Political Community . On June 28, 1956, he was appointed Minister of State.

Then he retired from the diplomatic service, settled in Wassenaar and was still active as chairman of the Carnegie Foundation . In 1960 he accepted a renewed appointment by the government and took over the leadership of the delegation for the negotiations with Belgium to solve the canal problem that had fallen asleep since the Second World War, especially the connection of the Scheldt with the Rhine requested by Belgium . May 1963 were successfully concluded with a contract.

family

Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer married Christine Marburg in Baltimore (USA) on November 16, 1915 with whom he had two daughters.

Honors

literature

  • M. van Blankenstein: De nieuwe gouverneur-generaal van Ned.-Indië ... In: Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. June 8, 1936
  • JC Bijkerk: Vaarwel, dead betere tijden! (Franeker, 1974); Year mr.dr. AWL Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer. Bijdragen tot een kenschets. Delivery door DU Stikker; Rotterdam, 1978

Web links

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swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dutch at Java Pledge to Fight on to the Death. In: The Lowell Sun. March 9, 1942, p. 1
predecessor Office successor
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
1936–1942 		Hubertus van Mook
personal data
SURNAME Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch diplomat and Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1978
Place of death Wassenaar