Gerrit Schimmelpenninck

Gerrit Count Schimmelpennick ( born February 25, 1794 in Amsterdam, † October 4, 1863 in Arnhem ) was a Dutch moderate liberal, later Conservative politician and businessman. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1848.

His father was Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck who had stood as Grand Pensionary at the head of the government and with the family branch of the unehliche Schimmelpennincks had been elevated to the rank of count. 1845 Gerrit wrote Schimmelpennick a biography of his father. He belonged to the Reformed Church.

Schimmelpennick started in 1812 to study law, but broke it during the invasion of the allied troops during the War of Liberation in 1813 from in order to protect the parental estate Diepenheim. After inter alia Schimmelpennick who was in charge of the Dutch trading company, he moved into politics in 1832 and became State, Secretary of State and in 1837 ambassador in St. Petersburg and later in London. Since 1836, he held the rank of Minister of State.

Under the impact of the March Revolution in much of Europe King Willem II appointed him in March 1848 back to Holland and Schimmelpennick was Chairman of the Council of Ministers. This did not last, to keep out Johan Rudolf Thorbecke from the government. His idea of a Basic Law on the British model, which among other things the king should grant the exclusive right to appeal for life in the First Chamber of the States General, was rejected by the other ministers. Then he handed on 14 May 1848 and his resignation was again ambassador in London. On his return to Holland he was a deputy in the Second Chamber, 1853-1854.

His son Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis was also finance minister and deputy.

Since enforcement of ministerial responsibility in 1848: Gerrit Schimmelpennick | Dirk Donker Curtius | Jacob de Kempenaer | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Justinus van der Brugghen | Jan Jacob Rochussen | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Schelto van Heemstra | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke

Since enforcement of parliamentary rule in 1866: Isaäc Dignus fringes van de Putte | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Pieter Philip van Bosse | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | Gerrit de Vries | January Heemskerk | Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandburg | January Heemskerk | Æneas Mackay | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Joan Röell | Nicolaas Pierson | Abraham Kuyper | Theo de Meester | Theo Heemskerk | Pieter Cort van der Linden

Since the introduction of universal suffrage 1918/1922: Charles de Ruijs Beerenbrouck | Hendrik Colijn | Dirk Jan de Geer | Ruijs Charles de Beerenbrouck | Hendrik Colijn | Dirk Jan de Geer | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy

Since the war ended in 1945: Wim Schermerhorn | Louis Beel | Willem Drees | Louis Beel | Jan de Quay | Victor Marijnen | Jo Cals | Jelle Zijlstra | Piet de Jong | Barend Biesheuvel | Joop den Uyl | Dries van Agt | Ruud Lubbers | Wim Kok | Jan Peter Balkenende | Mark Rutte

Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp | Anne Willem Carel van Nagell van Ampsen | Johann Gotthard Reinhold | Willem Frederik van Reede | Patrice Claude Ghislain de Coninck | Johan Gijsbert van Verstolk Soelen | Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Jan Willem van Huyssen Kattendijke | Willem Anne van Schimmelpennick the Oye | James Albert Henry de la Sarraz | Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck | Gerrit Schimmelpennick | Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis | Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt | Herman van Sonsbeeck | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest | January Karel van Goltstein | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Martin Pascal Hubert Strens | Anthony Lucas Stratenus January | Paul van der Therèse Maesen de Sombreff | Willem Johan Cornelis Huyssen van Kattendijke | Eppo Cremers | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Louis Gericke van Herwijnen | Joseph van der Does de Wille Bois | Willem van Heeckeren van Kell | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandburg | Willem Frederik Rochussen | Joseph van der Does de Wille Bois | Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave | Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek | Cornelis Hartsen | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Joannes Coenraad Jansen | Joan Röell | Willem Hendrik de Beaufort | Robert Melvil van Lynden | Abraham George Ellis | Willem van Weede Marcus van Berencamp | Abraham George Ellis | Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan | René van de Maree Swinderen | Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan Cort van der Linden | John Loudon | Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | Frans van Beelaerts Blokland | Ruijs Charles de Beerenbrouck | Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | Hendrikus Colijn | Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn | Eelco van Kleffens | Herman van Roijen | Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout | Dirk Stikker | Johan Willem Beijen | Joseph Luns | Norbert Schmelzer | Max van der Stoel | Chris van der Klaauw | Max van der Stoel | Dries van Agt | Hans van den Broek | Pieter Kooijmans | Hans van Mierlo | Jozias van Aartsen | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Ben Bot | Maxime Verhagen | Uri Rosenthal | Frans Timmermans

  • Prime Minister (Netherlands)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
  • Minister of State (Netherlands)
  • Dutch Ambassador
  • Netherlander
  • Born in 1794
  • Died in 1863
  • Man
Conservatism Schimmelpenninck (family) German campaign (Napoleonic Wars) William II of the Netherlands Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Gerrit de Vries (politician) Jan Heemskerk Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Jan Karel van Goltstein
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