Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk
Willem Lodewijk, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk | |
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![]() Baron de Vos van Steenwijk in the 1920s. | |
President of the Senate | |
In office 17 September 1929 – 23 July 1946 | |
Preceded by | Jan Joseph Godfried, Baron van Voorst tot Voorst |
Succeeded by | Roelof Kranenburg |
Personal details | |
Born | Dalfsen, Netherlands | 10 July 1859
Died | 17 September 1947 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 88)
Nationality | Dutch |
Political party | Christian Historical |
Spouse(s) | Ferdinanda Anna van Naamen
(m. 1889) |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Willem Lodewijk, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (10 July 1859 – 12 April 1947) was a conservative Dutch politician.[1]
He was a son of Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880. He was a member of the Christelijk Historische Unie (CHU) and president of Senate from 1929 to 1946. He was preceded by Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst and was in turn succeeded by the socialist Roelof Kranenburg.
Honours[]
De Vos van Steenwijk has received the following honours:[1]
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mr. W.L. baron de Vos van Steenwijk". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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