Herman van Voorst tot Voorst
Herman baron van Voorst tot Voorst | |
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Born | The Hague | August 2, 1886
Died | July 9, 1971 | (aged 84)
Allegiance | Dutch |
Rank | Lt. Gen. |
Commands held | Chief of the General Staff |
Relations | Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst Senior |
Other work | Chief Commissioner of the De Verkenners van de Katholieke Jeugdbeweging |
Lt. Gen. Herman Franciscus Maria baron van Voorst tot Voorst (The Hague, August 2, 1886 - July 9, 1971) was a Dutch Army officer and politician.
He was the son of Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst Senior, and a younger brother of General Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst. In 1915, he married Felicia Maria baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1889-1952). He attended the Royal Military Academy in Breda and The Hague as well as the Cavalry School at Saumur. Baron van Voorst tot Voorst was appointed in February 1940 as Chief of the General Staff, under the Supreme Commander of the Land and Naval Forces, General Henri Winkelman. He was, like his brother, brought as a prisoner of war to Germany. After World War II he was member of the Senate from 1946 to 1949 and member of the Council of State from 1949 to 1961.
Van Voorst tot Voorst served as the Chief Commissioner of the "Scouts of the Catholic Youth Movement", the Dutch Catholic Scouting organization for boys, from 1946 to 1956, as well as a member of the International Scout Committee.[1] In 1957, van Voorst tot Voorst was awarded the 18th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.
Awards[]
Netherlands: Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Netherlands: Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
See also[]
References[]
- ^ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 261, 283
External links[]
- Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award
- Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands
- Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- 1886 births
- 1971 deaths
- People associated with Scouting stubs
- Dutch people stubs