Edouard Osy de Zegwaart | |
Birth Name: | Eduardus Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart |
Birth Date: | 1832 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Deurne, Belgium |
Death Place: | Ekeren, Belgium |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Occupation: | politician |
Baron Eduardus (Edouard) Josephus Franciscus de Paulo Osy de Zegwaart (24 March 1832 - 5 December 1900) was a Belgian politician.
Edouard Osy de Zegwaart was a member of the provincial council for the canton of Antwerp from 5 July 1864 until 22 May 1876.[1] He was a senator in the Belgian Senate from 1877 until 1878 and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1880 until 1889.[1] In 1888 he was a founding member of the Antwerp section of the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society.[2]
Osy de Zegwaart was governor of the province of Antwerp from 26 January 1889 until his death on 5 December 1900.[1] This made him president of the provincial committee of the Commission Royale des Monuments, in which he took an active interest.[3]
He died at home, in Hoogboom Castle.[3]