- Johannes van den Bosch
Johannes, Count van den Bosch (
February 2 ,1780 –January 28 ,1844 ) was a DutchLieutenant General and politician.Biography
Born at
Herwijnen in the province ofGelderland , the Netherlands, van den Bosch arrived in Java in 1797 as a lieutenant, but was quickly promoted to colonel. He departed in 1810, because of differences with Governor-General Daendels. After his return to Holland in November 1813, Van den Bosch agitated for the return of theHouse of Orange .He was recommissioned in the army as a Colonel and made Commander of
Maastricht . He later became a Major General. Van den Bosch helped found the Society for the Founding of Poor Colonies and was especially associated with the Colony ofFrederiksoord .In 1827, he became the commissary general and was sent back to
Jakarta , where he was made Governor-General in 1830. Van den Bosch returned tothe Netherlands five years later and took over the governing of the colony. He retired voluntarily in 1839, when he was elevated to the rank of Graaf and madeMinister of State inDecember 25 of that year. Van den Bosch died on January 1844 at his estate inthe Hague .Titles
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17 June 1835 : elevated into the Dutch nobility with the title ofBaron
*25 December 1839 : createdCount (Dutch "Graaf"]ee also
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*The information in this article is based on that in its Dutch and German equivalents.
*TheMeyers Konversations-Lexikon External links
*nl icon [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/04257 Dutch Parliament: J. graaf van den Bosch]
*nl icon [http://www.iisg.nl/bwsa/bios/bosch.html Johannes van den Bosch]
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