Willem Boudewijn Donker Curtius van Tienhoven
Willem Boudewijn Donker Curtius van Tienhoven (born December 29, 1778 in 's-Hertogenbosch , † April 16, 1858 in The Hague ), Lord of Tienhoven, was a Dutch politician. He was the brother of Justice Minister Dirk Donker Curtius .
Donker Curtius studied law, practiced in The Hague and Dordrecht and was a member of the Supreme Court of South Holland from 1800 to 1810 . In 1813 he first proclaimed the Prince of Orange sovereign of the Netherlands in Dordrecht , became district commissioner and then general commissioner, took possession of Breda and North Brabant for Orange, became a member of the States General for South Holland in 1825 and was re-elected every time from then on.
In 1828 he belonged to the reorganization commission for higher education and in 1830, after the Belgian uprising , to the commission which was set up for the division and regulation of the two parts of the kingdom. In 1831 he became President of the First Court of Justice in The Hague and died in 1843 as Vice-President of the High Council of the Netherlands.
In 1855 he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State .
Works
- Contributions to the knowledge of the water state in Holland , 1819;
- Examination and refutation of the civil criminal law draft submitted in 1829, 1829;
- Opinions on the Code of Commerce , 1826.
source
- Donker Curtius van Tienhoven . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 5 . Altenburg 1858, p. 253 ( zeno.org ).
Web links
- Biography on parlement.com (Dutch)
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| SURNAME | Donker Curtius van Tienhoven, Willem Boudewijn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer and Minister of State |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1858 |
| Place of death | The Hague , Netherlands |