Monarch William III Name Julius Zuylen Spouse(s) Catherine Nixon Role Dutch Politician | Children 5 Religion Dutch Reformed Church | |
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Preceded by Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte Full Name Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan van Zuylen van Nijevelt Born 19 August 1819
Dommeldange, Luxembourg ( 1819-08-19 ) Died July 1, 1894, The Hague, Netherlands Parents Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt Grandparents Philip Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | ||
Succeeded by Pieter Philip van Bosse | ||
Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician.
From 1855 till 1860 he served as Minister Resident in Istanbul, during which time he offered The Union Church of Istanbul to use the Dutch Chapel.
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands (chairman of the Council of Ministers) from 1866 to 1868. He also served as minister of Foreign Affairs from 1860 to 1861, and again from 1866 tot 1868.
He married in Scotland and had three sons and two daughters.
A member of the prominent Rotterdam patrician (regenten) family of Van Zuylen van Nijevelt, he was a son of Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt, a Dutch general who was present at the Battle of Waterloo, among others.