Louis Gericke van Herwijnen
Josef Ludwig (Louis) Heinrich Alfred Baron Gericke van Herwijnen , usually called Louis Gericke van Herwijnen (born February 18, 1814 in Dillenburg , † May 10, 1899 in Brussels ) was a Dutch lawyer with a doctorate , legation counselor and diplomat . From January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 he was Foreign Minister in the Thorbecke III cabinet .
Van Herwijnen came from a Limburg Catholic family when he was born as their third child. His father, JEPE Gericke van Herwijnen , was governor of Limburg , his mother Johanna Lauten had German roots and came from Werden in Westphalia . The German grandfather was a Prussian chamber arithmetic master and secret state secretary. Van Herwijnen received Dutch citizenship on December 20, 1815 .
He grew up in Brussels and The Hague , where he attended elementary and Latin schools to study Roman and current law at the University of Leiden from 1831 to 1834 . In 1834 he received his doctorate with Interventionis ante rerum conversionem in Gallia usurpato under Johan Rudolf Thorbecke , who proposed him several times as minister.
He began his professional career in 1835 through his father's mediation at the Limburg tax authorities in The Hague. From 1836 to 1839 he worked in the Foreign Ministry in an initial diplomatic position, from 1839 to 1851 he was posted to Paris as the Dutch embassy secretary and from 1851 to 1871 as the Dutch envoy to Brussels and London .
On May 5, 1847, he married the Belgian noblewoman Elisabeth de Peutevin , with whom he had a son and a daughter.
From January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 he was Foreign Minister in the Thorbecke III cabinet. He then continued his diplomatic work in Brussels until 1895.
His predecessor in the office of Foreign Minister was Joannes Josephus van Mulken and his successor was Pieter Joseph August Marie van der Does de Willebois .
In 1895 he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State .
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| SURNAME | Gericke van Herwijnen, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gericke van Herwijnen, Josef Ludwig Heinrich Alfred Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician, doctor of law, counselor, diplomat and foreign minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dillenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1899 |
| Place of death | Brussels |