Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke
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Willem Johan Cornelis Huijssen van Kattendijke | |
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| Born | 22 January 1816 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 6 February 1866 (aged 50) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Allegiance |  Netherlands |
| Service/ |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Years of service | 1839–1866 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Other work | Minister of the Navy, Foreign Minister |
Willem Johan Cornelis,
Biography
van Kattendijke was born in
In 1859, van Kattendijke replaced
He was promoted to commander on 1 May 1858. On the closure of Nagasaki Naval Training Center in 1859, he returned to the Netherlands. From 14 March 1861 until 6 February 1866 he was Navy Minister for the Netherlands, first in the cabinet of Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt and then in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. In the latter he also served as interim Foreign Minister from 2 January 1864 to 15 March 1864. He died in The Hague as Navy Minister at the age of 50.
Honors and decorations
- Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
References
- Parliamentarian Documentation Center, University of Leiden (in Dutch)
- Rochussen, M. (1866), Jhr. W.J.C. Ridder Huyssen van Kattendijke
Notes
- ^ Chijs, van der, J.A. (1867). Neêrlands streven tot openstelling van Japan voor den wereldhandel: Uit officieele, grootendeels onuitgegeven bescheiden toegelicht. Frederik Muller, den Haag 1867. p. 460.
Missions to Japan
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See also
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