François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers
François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers | |
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Born | 29 November 1792 Roermond, Netherlands |
Died | 29 December 1881 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 89)
Allegiance | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Service/ | Indian Army Infantry |
Years of service | 1815–1858 |
Battles/wars | Battle of Quatre Bras Battle of Waterloo Java War |
Awards | Military Order of William Order of the Oak Crown |
François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers (29 November 1792 – 29 December 1881) was a Dutch general, commander of the Indies army.
Biography
Napoleonic Wars and Java War
De Stuers grew up in 's-Heerenberg, because his parents left Limburg when the French approached.[1]
On 29 March 1815, after
After being nominated twice for the rank of officer, first by General Gigny, then by Colonel Daijwaille, on 2 April 1816, at the suggestion of General Tindal, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry Battalion of the Standing Army.
He was transferred to the army in the East Indies at his request in 1820 and was appointed to the General Staff. In the same year, he took part in the expedition to Palembang, led by his father-in-law, General de Kock, and was present at the fighting at Kemaro, on the Plaju and near Palembang. For his efforts he was made a knight in the Military Order of William.[2]
Initially De Stuers was assigned to the commander-in-chief of the army as a first lieutenant on 1 January 1824; after the appointment of General de Kock as governor-general, he retained De Stuers as private secretary. At the outbreak of the Java War, he accompanied General de Kock to the Vorstenlanden, the hotbed of the revolt, and there completed missions between Surakarta, where de Kock sought to reverse further undermining of Dutch rule, and Semarang, which was threatened with attack, but was soon secured with the return of General van Geen from Boni. De Stuers distinguished himself again at the siege and storming of Pleret on the 16th of April and the 9th of June 1826.[3]
After five years of bloody war,
Belgian revolt and later career
During his leave in the Netherlands in 1830, the Belgian Revolution broke out and De Stuers served as Chief of the Staff of the Troops in Zeeland from March 1831 to 1834, again under the orders of General de Kock. He was honorably mentioned (Dutch: Eervolle Vermelding)[5] for his performances at the Kapitale Dam and during the retreat through Assenede.
De Stuers returned to the Dutch East Indies in 1837 and soon acted as acting governor, then also as military commander of the
In 1853, as a senior officer, he fulfilled a special military assignment in France and in February of the following year he assumed command of the Dutch East Indies army as a lieutenant general in Batavia. During his tenure he completed the military operations on the west coast of Borneo (1854), in Tomori (1856), in Timor (1858), Lampung and Jambi. He also had to reorganize the Indian armed forces and defense resources in accordance with the Royal Decree adopted in August 1853 and on the proposals of Major General von Gagern. De Stuers invited First Lieutenant Weitzel to accompany him as adjutant. After five years, de Stuers was succeeded by Lieutenant General van Swieten.
Immediately after his return to the Netherlands, De Stuers was appointed adjutant-general with the rank of Grand Officer and
Family
De Stuers was a son of Pierre Jean Bernard de Stuers, baron de l'Empire (1744-1811) and Petronille Jeanne Aloyse de la Court (1758-1848). He was a brother of General Hubert Joseph Jean Lambert de Stuers.
In 1828 he married Jkvr Adriane Jacqueline de Kock (Soerabaja, 1809 - The Hague, 1882), daughter of Governor-General Hendrik Merkus de Kock. Seven children were born to their marriage. One of the daughters married James Loudon.[9][10]
References
- ^ Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) (1996). Anthropologica (Volume 152). M. Nijhoff. p. 78. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Databank dapperheidsonderscheidingen, Militaire Willems-Orde: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de, Niveau MWO 4. Gezien op 2 december 2016.
- ^ Jaarboek van Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundliche Genootschap (Volume 18) (in Dutch). Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundig Genootschap. 1881. p. 443. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Databank dapperheidsonderscheidingen, Militaire Willems-Orde: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de, Niveau MWO 3. Gezien op 2 december 2016.
- ^ Databank dapperheidsonderscheidingen, Eervolle Vermelding-1: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de. Gezien op 2 december 2016.
- ^ Theologisch tijdschrift (Volume 52) (in Dutch). 1918. p. 57. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Verhaal der schipbreuk, geleden door den Luitenant Kolonel de Stuers, benevens de passagiers en equipage, van Z. M. Stoomschip Willem I, op de Lucipara's, in den nacht van den 5den op den 6den Mei 1837 (in Dutch). 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Databank dapperheidsonderscheidingen, Eervolle Vermelding-2: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de: Stuers, F.V.H.A. ridder de. Gezien op 2 december 2016.
- ^ van Epen, Didericus Gijsbertus (ed.). Nederland's patriciaat (Volume 53) (in Dutch). Centraal bureau voor genealogie en heraldick. p. 159. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Loudon-de Steurs, Madame James, née Louise Wilhelmine Françoise Felicité de Stuers 1909". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.