Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg

His Excellency
Theo, Count van Lynden van Sandenburg
His Excellency Theo, Count van Lynden van Sandenburg
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
	In office; 20 August 1879 – 23 April 1883
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
Succeeded by	Jan Heemskerk
Personal details
Born	Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg; 24 February 1826; Utrecht, Netherlands
Died	18 November 1885 (aged 59); Langbroek, Netherlands
Political party	Conservative Protestant
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth van Persijn († 1866) ; Wilhelmina van Boetzelaer
Children	Alex van Lynden van Sandenburg
Occupation	Lawyer
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Constantijn Theodoor, Count van Lynden van Sandenburg, (24 February 1826 – 18 November 1885) was a Dutch politician. Van Lynden van Sandenburg served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the Netherlands between 1879 and 1883.^[1]

History

Lynden van Sandenburg was born in Utrecht in 1826. He trained as a lawyer before entering politics. An orthodox conservative Protestant, Lynden van Sandenburg sided with the anti-revolutionaries. In 1866 he served in the Dutch House of Representatives. He went on to take the position of Minister of Justice between 1874 and 1877 in the Heemskerk/Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet.

Lynden van Sandenburg took office as leading minister on 20 August 1879 with his own cabinet. This cabinet was known for its liberal conservatism.

As a member of the ancient Dutch noble Lynden family, Lynden van Sandenburg was born a "baron", but elevated to "count" in 1882, with the right of succession to this title for all his legitimate, male-line descendants.^[2] He died in Langbroek in 1885.

References

Notes

^ "States and Regents of the World - The Netherlands (retrieved 14 October 2006)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2004. Retrieved 2004-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Koninklijk Besluit 24 Aug. 1882, no. 26. 'Van Lynden', Nederlands Adelsboek 87 (1998), 547-649, there 549, 567.

Literature

'Van Lynden', Nederlands Adelsboek 87 (1998), 547–649, there 567.

External links

Parlement & Politiek, entry 'Mr. C.Th. graaf van Lynden van Sandenburg', retrieved 2008-08-14

[states-1] "States and Regents of the World - The Netherlands (retrieved 14 October 2006)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2004. Retrieved 2004-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Koninklijk Besluit 24 Aug. 1882, no. 26. 'Van Lynden', Nederlands Adelsboek 87 (1998), 547-649, there 549, 567.