Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Julius, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Order:Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Term Start:1 June 1866
Term End:4 June 1868
Predecessor:Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Successor:Pieter Philip van Bosse
Birthname:Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Birth Date:19 August 1819
Birth Place:Dommeldange, Luxembourg
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Spouse:Catherine Nixon
Children:5

Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (19 August 1819 – 1 July 1894) was a conservative Dutch politician.[1]

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.[2] [3]

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.[4]

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.

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  1. Web site: Mr. J.Ph.J.A. (Jules) graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt - Parlement & Politiek. www.parlement.com. 2015-06-09.
  2. Web site: De kapel van het consulaat-generaal Nederlands Consulaat-Generaal in Istanbul, Turkije. istanboel.nlconsulaat.org. 2015-06-09. 2017-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025500/http://istanboel.nlconsulaat.org/organization/juweeltjes-nl-tr/de-kapel-van-het-consulaat-generaal.html. dead.
  3. Web site: History « The Union Church of Istanbul. ucistanbul.org. 2015-06-09. 2016-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324141932/http://ucistanbul.org/about/history. dead.
  4. Web site: Mr. J.Ph.J.A. (Jules) graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt - Parlement & Politiek. www.parlement.com. 2015-06-09.
  5. Handelsblad (Het) 03-05-1849