Robert, Baron van Breugel Douglas
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| Robert, Baron van Breugel Douglas |
Robert Baron van Breugel Douglas of Rustenhoven was born in 's-Hertogenbosch,
July 26, 1791 and died at The Hague, 23 November 1873, the son of Baron Caspar van Breugel (Born Hague,
11 March 1752) and Anna Maria Douglas, (born in Bergen op Zoom, she was the
daughter of Major General Robert Douglas,
governor of the garrison city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in 1784).
Baron Caspar was
town clerk of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch and director of direct taxes in
Friesland. His great-grandfather was George Douglas, 7th Laird of
Friarshaw (1673-1753).
Robert was a lawyer and State Council member at the time of
King Wlllem II. He was granted the Knighthood of Friesland, from 1818. He board
member of Protestant Agricultural, founded in Montfoort, circa 1851. Was active
in the field of literature. during the period 1842-1862: member Council of State
The name and / or title "Douglas" added by Decree of 30 January 1861,
No. 67.
He married in Leeuwarden, 8 September 1821 Jkvr. Louise Albertine
Glinstra of Sminia, who died January 1837.
He married in Maartensdijk,
August 15, 1839 , his second wife, Jkvr. Anna Maria de Rovere van Breugel.
Rustenhoven was not a permanent residence for the family.
(Translated from Dutch - help with improving it would be welcome!)
After studying Roman and contemporary law at Leiden, Van Breugel gained his
doctorate on 5 December 1811 and settled as a lawyer in The Hague. From 1818 he
was a member (later dean) of the Knighthood of Friesland. From 19 August 1842 to
1 July 1862 he was a member of the Council of State, after he had been appointed
as referendary at the Royal Decree of 4 December 1825. After his resignation as
State Council, he was appointed as a member of the Council of State in
extraordinary service with effect from 1 July 1862, until he rescinded the KB at
his own request, which was done by the Royal Decree of 21 August 1862.
In 1815 he was a corporal with the Compagnie van Friese Vrijwillige Jagers. Van
Breugel drew up a request addressed to the king to set up a Jager's company to
offer services in the battle against Napoleon; on May 1, 1815, the king gave his
agreement to this "under our special satisfaction". On April 27, 1815 was in the
Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, n ° 100, a (follow-up) list
of volunteers for cavalry or infantry at companies, with Van Breugel as the
first from Leeuwarden to serve in the infantry. These volunteers were added to
the 16th battalion of hunters, which was commanded by Captain Brouérius of Nidek
from 24 May; it would involve around sixty men. Although the company was set up
and moved to Brussels, it was too late to be of service due to all the
bureaucratic delays (according to Van Breugel), as the decisive battle at
Waterloowhen it was already fought. Only to their willingness did the
still-living volunteers give a sign of honor that was instituted by Royal Decree
of 10 May 1865 n ° 45 and on 13 July 1865 in Leeuwarden in the government house
by the Commissioner of the King to the thirteen survivors (out of 62) was
awarded. Van Breugel's memories as a voluntary Jager he wrote in writing, and
they were republished after 1815 in 1866.
Around 1851 he was a member of the board of the Protestantsch Landbouwkundig
Gesticht in Montfoort .
Following the
death of Robert Baron van Breugel Douglas in 1873, his son,
Caspar, and his grandson Jan
Caspar owned Rustenhoven. Jan van Breugel Douglas received the title of the
Rovere Breugel by Royal Decree in 1876.
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Arms
of van Breugel Douglas. — Per pale, Dexter, van Breugel as in plate.
Sinister, Douglas of Friarshaw.
CRESTS : Dexter, On a coronet a
sitting hound proper, gorged with a coronet or, between two
wings, one argent and the other gules ; Sinister, Douglas, as
before.
MOTTOES : Above the Douglas Crest, "Do or die," and
beneath the shield, " In trinitate fortitudo " ( Wapenboek van
den Nederlandschen Adel" by J. B. Rietstap). |
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See also:
Francisco Tudela van Breugel Douglas
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