List of Grand Pensionaries
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List of Grand Pensionaries
Grand Pensionary
The Grand Pensionary was the most important Dutch official during the time of the United Provinces. In theory he was only a civil servant of the Estates of the dominant province among the Seven United Provinces: the county of Holland...

 of the province of Holland during the time of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands:
  • Paulus Buys
    Paulus Buys
    Paulus Buys, heer van Zevenhoven and Capelle ter Vliet was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1572 to 1584.-Life:...

     (held the predecessor office of Land's Advocate
    Land's Advocate of Holland
    The Land's Advocate of Holland acted as the chairman of the States of Holland. The office started in the early 14th century and ended in 1619, when the title was renamed into Grand Pensionary. He was the speaker of the nobility of Holland and had the first say on a subject during a meeting of the...

    ) 1572-1584
  • Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (held the predecessor office of Land's Advocate) 1586-1619
  • Andries de Witt
    Andries de Witt
    Andries de Witt was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1619 and 1621. He was the successor of Johan van Oldebarnevelt, who had been executed in 1619....

    , 1619–1621
  • Anthonie Duyck
    Anthonie Duyck
    Anthonie Duyck was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1621 and 1629.-Life:Anthonie Duyck was a descendant of a notable hollandic family which was founded in the 13th century. Anthonie was the son of Gijsbert Duyck, lord of Oud Karspel, who was appointed schout of Hoorn in 1580. Anthonie was born...

     (or Anthonis Duyck), 1621–1629
  • Jacob Cats
    Jacob Cats
    Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.-Early years:...

    , 1629–1631
  • Adriaan Pauw
    Adriaan Pauw
    Adriaan Pauw, knight, heer van Heemstede, Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc. was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653.-Life:...

    , 1631–1636
  • Jacob Cats
    Jacob Cats
    Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.-Early years:...

    , 1636–1651
  • Adriaan Pauw
    Adriaan Pauw
    Adriaan Pauw, knight, heer van Heemstede, Bennebroek, Nieuwerkerk etc. was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653.-Life:...

    , 1651–1653
  • Johan de Witt
    Johan de Witt
    Johan de Witt, heer van Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp and IJsselveere was a key figure in Dutch politics in the mid 17th century, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of globalization made the United Provinces a leading European power during the Dutch Golden Age...

    , 1653–1672
  • Gaspar Fagel
    Gaspar Fagel
    Gaspar Fagel was a Dutch statesman, writer and quasi-diplomat who authored correspondence from and on behalf of William III, Prince of Orange during the English Revolution of 1688.-Biography:...

    , 1672–1688
  • Michiel ten Hove
    Michiel ten Hove
    Michiel ten Hove was ad interim Grand Pensionary of Holland in 1688 and 1689.He was a lawyer for the Dutch West Indies Company since 1664 and from 1672 pensionary of Haarlem. He was son of Nicolaas ten Hove and Cornelia Fagel, and nephew of Gaspar Fagel, who preceded him as Grand Pensionary and...

    , 1688–1689
  • Anthonie Heinsius
    Anthonie Heinsius
    Anthonie Heinsius was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720.- Life :...

    , 1689–1720
  • Isaac van Hoornbeek
    Isaac van Hoornbeek
    Isaäc van Hoornbeek was Grand Pensionary of Holland from September 12, 1720 until his death in 1727. He had been pensionary of Rotterdam before 1720.-References:* from the Dutch National Archives ....

    , 1720–1727
  • Simon van Slingelandt
    Simon van Slingelandt
    Simon van Slingelandt, lord of the manor of Patijnenburg was Grand Pensionary of Holland from July 17, 1727 to December 1, 1736....

    , 1727–1736
  • Anthonie van der Heim
    Anthonie van der Heim
    Anthonie van der Heim was Grand Pensionary of Holland from April 4, 1737 to July 17, 1746.-Source:* from the Dutch National Archives ....

    , 1737–1746
  • Willem Buys
    Willem Buys
    Willem Buys was acting Grand Pensionary of Holland in 1745 and 1746. He was pensionary of Amsterdam and first secretary of the estates of Holland .He had successes as negotiator of the United Provinces...

    , 1746
  • Jacob Gilles
    Jacob Gilles
    thumb|right|200px|Jacob GillesJacob Gilles was Grand Pensionary of Holland from September 23, 1746 to June 18, 1749....

    , 1746–1749
  • Pieter Steyn
    Pieter Steyn
    Pieter Steyn was Grand Pensionary of Holland from June 18, 1749 to November 5, 1772.He was the son of Johanna Patijn and Adriaan Steyn, burgomaster of Haarlem and studied Law in Leiden between 1724 and 1726. Both his marriages were without issue...

    , 1749–1772
  • Pieter van Bleiswijk
    Pieter van Bleiswijk
    Pieter van Bleiswijk was grand pensionary of Holland from December 1, 1772 to November 1787. He was an opponent of Duke Louis Ernst of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel, the main adviser of Prince William V of Orange. He was deposed during the Prussian invasion of the United Provinces in 1787....

    , 1772–1787
  • Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel
    Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel
    Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel was Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and, from November 9, 1787 to February 4, 1795, of Holland. He was an Orangist, which means that he was a supporter of Prince William V of Orange. He became grand pensionary of Holland when the Prussian army had reinstated William V in...

    , 1787–1795


Grand Pensionary
Grand Pensionary
The Grand Pensionary was the most important Dutch official during the time of the United Provinces. In theory he was only a civil servant of the Estates of the dominant province among the Seven United Provinces: the county of Holland...

 of the Batavian Republic
Batavian Republic
The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....

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  • Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
    Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
    Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck , Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic and an investor in the Holland Land Company....

    , 1805–1806
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