Simon van Slingelandt

Simon van Slingelandt, Lord of Patijnenburg, (born 14 January 1664 in Dordrecht, † December 1, 1736 in The Hague ) was a Dutch politician, and conducted between the years of 1727 and 1736 the title of a Council Pensionary of Holland. He came from one of the leading Regent Tight Evil Holland, Van Slingelandt.

Biographical

As the son of the influential aristocrats Govert van Slingelandt, Lord of Dubbeldam ( one located on an island district of Rotterdam ) ( 1623-1690 ), a pensioner of the City of Rotterdam and ambassador to Prussia, Sweden, Poland and Denmark, Simon came early with the political situation the country in touch.

In the period before his appointment to the highest government official of his country Van Slingelandt written from various reports for the Dutch National Assembly ( Tweede Grote Vergadering ). His goal was to help the so-called Council of State ( Raad van State ) to more power within the Republic.

When he was appointed in 1727 to the Grand Pensionary, he saw himself in the midst of the leading Dutch politician again. Van Slingelandt was similar to his most important predecessors Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Johan de Witt, a diehard Republican. His political goal was the repeated exclusion of the Orange governor of the Dutch / Dutch politics. Van Slingelandt also sought a Dutch alliance with Great Britain, and worked as a peace broker between Austria and the UK and between Austria and France in 1736. The leading political office of the Council pensioner had Simon van Slingelandt held until his death on December 1, 1736.

Simon van Slingelandt, Master of Law, was married to Susanna de Wildt (1666-1722) and then with his housewife Johanna Margaretha van Coesvelt ( 1726-1736 ).

Trivia

• The correspondence between Simon van Slingelandt and Sicco van Goslinga is kept in the " Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis ".