James Loudon (politician)

Jonkheer James Loudon
James Loudon in 1875

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 1 January 1872 – 26 March 1875
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Pieter Mijer
Succeeded by	Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office 14 March 1861 – 31 January 1862
Prime Minister	Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt Schelto van Heemstra
Preceded by	Jean Pierre Cornets de Groot van Kraaijenburg
Succeeded by	Gerhard Hendrik Uhlenbeck

Personal details
Born	(1824-06-08)8 June 1824 The Hague, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died	31 May 1900(1900-05-31) (aged 75) The Hague, Netherlands

Jonkheer James Loudon (8 June 1824 – 31 May 1900) was a Dutch politician. He was Minister of Colonial Affairs in the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra cabinet (1861–1862), King's Commissioner in South Holland (1862–1871), and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1872–1875). He was the father of politician John Loudon.^[1]

The ship Gouverneur Generaal Loudon (1875) was named after him.

He was made a Jonkheer in 1884.^[1]

Honors

Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1860)^[1]
Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1862)^[1]
Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown (1868)^[1]
Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown (1871)^[1]
Knight First Class in the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1879)^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (in Dutch) Mr. J. Loudon, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 18 January 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Pieter Mijer	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1872–1875	Succeeded by Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge

Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies (1610–1949)
Dutch East India Company (1610–1800)	Both (1610–14) Reynst (1614–15) Reael (1615–19) Coen (1619–23) De Carpentier (1623–27) Coen (1627–29) Specx (1629–32) Brouwer (1632–36) Van Diemen (1636–45) Van der Lijn (1645–50) Reyniersz (1650–53) Maetsuycker (1653–78) Van Goens (1678–81) Speelman (1681–84) Camphuys (1684–91) Van Outhoorn (1691–1704) Van Hoorn (1704–09) Van Riebeeck (1709–13) Van Swoll (1713–18) Zwaardecroon (1718–25) De Haan (1725–29) Durven (1729–32) Van Cloon (1732–35) Patras (1735–37) Valckenier (1737–41) Thedens (1741–43) Van Imhoff (1743–50) Mossel (1750–61) Van der Parra (1761–75) Van Riemsdijk (1775–77) De Klerck (1777–80) Alting (1780–96)
Dutch East Indies (1800–1948)	Van Overstraten (1796–1801) Siberg (1801–05) Wiese (1805–08) Daendels (1808–11) Janssens (1811) British occupation (1811–16) Van der Capellen (1816–26) Du Bus (1826–30) Van den Bosch (1830–33) Baud (1833–36) De Eerens (1836–40) Van Hogendorp (1840–41) Merkus (1841–44) Reynst (1844–45) Rochussen (1845–51) Van Twist (1851–56) Pahud (1856–61) Van de Beele (1861–66) Mijer (1866–72) Loudon (1872–75) Van Lansberge (1875–81) s'Jacob (1881–84) Van Rees (1884–88) Pijnacker Hordijk (1888–93) Van der Wijck (1893–99) Rooseboom (1899–1904) Van Heutsz (1904–09) Idenburg (1909–16) Van Limburg Stirum (1916–21) Fock (1921–26) De Graeff (1926–31) De Jonge (1931–36) Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1936–42) Van Mook (1942–48)
High Commissioners	Beel (1948–49) Lovink (1949)

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