Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician.[1]

His Excellency
Julius, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt
van Zuylen van Nijevelt, c. 1875
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office
1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868
MonarchWilliam III
Preceded byIsaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Succeeded byPieter Philip van Bosse
Personal details
Born
Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan van Zuylen van Nijevelt

(1819-08-19)19 August 1819
Dommeldange, Luxembourg
Died1 July 1894(1894-07-01) (aged 74)
The Hague, Netherlands
SpouseCatherine Nixon
Children5

From 1855 till 1860 he served as Minister Resident in Istanbul, during which time he offered The Union Church of Istanbul to use the Dutch Chapel.[2][3]

Van Zuylen van Nijevelt served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands (chairman of the Council of Ministers) from 1866 to 1868. He also served as minister of Foreign Affairs from 1860 to 1861, and again from 1866 tot 1868.

He married in Scotland and had three sons and two daughters.[4]

A member of the prominent Rotterdam patrician (regenten) family of Van Zuylen van Nijevelt, he was a son of Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt, a Dutch general who was present at the Battle of Waterloo, among others.

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References
  1. "Mr. J.Ph.J.A. (Jules) graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt - Parlement & Politiek". www.parlement.com. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  2. "De kapel van het consulaat-generaal | Nederlands Consulaat-Generaal in Istanbul, Turkije". istanboel.nlconsulaat.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  3. "History « The Union Church of Istanbul". ucistanbul.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  4. "Mr. J.Ph.J.A. (Jules) graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt - Parlement & Politiek". www.parlement.com. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  5. Handelsblad (Het) 03-05-1849
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