Constantijn Theodoor, Count van Lynden van Sandenburg, (24 February 1826 – 18 November 1885) was a Dutch politician. Van Lynden van Sandenburg served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the Netherlands between 1879 and 1883.[1]
Theo, Count van Lynden van Sandenburg | |
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| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Preceded by | Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello |
| Succeeded by | Jan Heemskerk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg 24 February 1826 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Died | 18 November 1885 (aged 59) Langbroek, Netherlands |
| Political party | Conservative Protestant |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth van Persijn († 1866) Wilhelmina van Boetzelaer |
| Children | Alex van Lynden van Sandenburg |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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History
editLynden van Sandenburg was born in Utrecht in 1826. He trained as a lawyer before entering politics. An orthodox conservative Protestant, Lynden van Sandenburg sided with the anti-revolutionaries. In 1866 he served in the Dutch House of Representatives. He went on to take the position of Minister of Justice between 1874 and 1877 in the Heemskerk/Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet.
Lynden van Sandenburg took office as leading minister on 20 August 1879 with his own cabinet. This cabinet was known for its liberal conservatism.
As a member of the ancient Dutch noble Lynden family, Lynden van Sandenburg was born a "baron", but elevated to "count" in 1882, with the right of succession to this title for all his legitimate, male-line descendants.[2] He died in Langbroek in 1885.
References
editNotes
edit- ^ "States and Regents of the World - The Netherlands (retrieved 14 October 2006)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2004. Retrieved 2004-01-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Koninklijk Besluit 24 Aug. 1882, no. 26. 'Van Lynden', Nederlands Adelsboek 87 (1998), 547-649, there 549, 567.
Literature
edit- 'Van Lynden', Nederlands Adelsboek 87 (1998), 547–649, there 567.
External links
edit- Parlement & Politiek, entry 'Mr. C.Th. graaf van Lynden van Sandenburg', retrieved 2008-08-14
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