Franco Pauw
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Franco Pauw (born June 20, 1714 in Delft ; † July 15, 1776 ibid) was a Dutch local politician. He came originally from Gouda entstamme ends nobility - and patrician family of Pauw .
He was the son of the Master Maarten Pauw, main schout the city of Delft, and his second wife Maria Louisa Cau born. Franco Pauw studied law at the University of Leiden between 1732 and 1736 . He dedicated his doctorate to his relatives Nicolaus and Adolph Cau, Cornelis van Aerssen van Hoogerheide , Freiherr von Hoogerheide and in Ossendrecht, Adrianus van Vredenburch, Johannes Hop and Cornelis van den Broek.
He held his first offices as a Councilor of Delft (1746) and as Schepen (1753). In 1761 Pauw was appointed Hoogheemraad (highest rank in the dyke administration ) of the Delfland in 1761 and in 1762 a councilor in the Admiralty of Rotterdam . In 1766 he was appointed mayor of Delft. In 1770 he became a member of the Gecommitteerde raden of Holland , and in the same year was appointed one of the directors of the Dutch East India Company ( VOC for short ).
He was married to Antoinette Coenradine of the Holy Roman Empire Countess van Heemskerck (1725–1775), a daughter of the Imperial Count Jan Hendrik von Heemskerck and Anna Petronella van Schuylenburch . This marriage remained childless.
Portraits of the couple, created by Matheus Verheyden (1743) and by unknown artists, are in the possession of Pauw van Wieldrecht. Another painting by Pauw is in the Haarlem archive .
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| SURNAME | Pauw, Franco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1776 |
| Place of death | Delft |