Hendrik Merkus de Kock

Hendrik Merkus de Kock
Portrait by Cornelis Kruseman
Member of the Senate
In office
1 July 1842 – 12 April 1845
MonarchWilliam II
Minister of the Interior
In office
1 December 1836 – 1 June 1841
MonarchsWilliam I
William II
Preceded byHendrik Jacob, Baron van Doorn
Succeeded byWillem Anne, Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Personal details
Born
Hendrik Merkus de Kock

(1779-05-25)25 May 1779
Heusden, Dutch Republic
Died12 April 1845(1845-04-12) (aged 65)
The Hague, Netherlands
Parent(s)Johannes Conradus de Kock and Maria Petronella Merkus
Military service
Branch/serviceBatavian Navy

Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock (25 May 1779 – 12 April 1845) was a Dutch general and nobleman who served in the Batavian Navy as Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1826 to 1830. He also was Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands from 1836 to 1841.[1]

  1. ^ "H.M. baron de Kock" (in Dutch). Parlementair Documentatie Centrum. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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