Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp

Jonkheer Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp (born November 9, 1848 in Amsterdam , † December 23, 1925 in Vienna ) was a Dutch diplomat and politician who was envoy to Austria between 1902 and 1925 and was foreign minister in the cabinet from April to August 1905 Kuyper was.

Life

Salentein estate in Nijkerk , which has been the home of the van Weede family since 1855

In 1898, Willem Marcus van Weede acquired the neighboring De Berencamp estate in Nijkerk and in 1906 had a garden shared with the Salentein estate

Jonkheer Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp came from a noble family. His father was a member of the local council of Nijkerk and a member of the Provinciale Staten of the province of Gelderland , while his mother was Grand Master in the royal household of Queen Sophie . He himself entered the diplomatic service and was appointed Chamberlain in Extraordinary Service by Queen Wilhelmina on April 20, 1898 . On February 1, 1902, he was appointed Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister in Austria-Hungary and remained in this post until April 22, 1905. At the same time, he acted between November 11, 1902 and April 20, 1905 as chairman of the examination commission for the exams in the consular service.

As the successor to his brother-in-law Robert Melvil van Lynden , van Weede van Berencamp briefly took over the post of Foreign Minister (Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) in the Kuyper cabinet on April 22, 1905 and held this position until August 7, 1905.

Then Jonkheer Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp returned to Austria-Hungary as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and remained in this diplomatic post until his death on December 23, 1925. He was also from November 27, 1920 to December 23, 1925 also accredited as envoy to the Kingdom of Romania .

From his 1878 marriage with Jongvrouw Volkertina Adriana van Haersma de With, the son Hendrik Maurits van Weede (1879–1912) emerged, who was also in the diplomatic service as a delegation secretary . However, because he died before his father, inherited in 1925 the nephew Hendrik Maurits van Haersma de With the estate De Berencamp in Nijkerk , the Willem Marcus van Weede 1898 by aristocratic family Pallandt had acquired. This bordered on the Salentein country estate , which was previously owned by the van Weede family. In 1906 he had a common garden laid out for the two country estates. For his services he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau .

Web links

• Willem van Weede Marcus van Berencamp in Parlement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Navy Minister Vice Admiral Abraham George Ellis acted from March 9 to April 22, 1905 and between August 7 and 16, 1905 as acting foreign minister.
2. ↑ Kuyper's cabinet in Parliament
3. ^ Kabinett Kuyper in De Nederlandse kabinetten from 1901 to 1945
4. ↑ The Netherlands: Ministries (Rulers)